from the research of Jessie
Linden, Tenn.-
Funeral services for Cecil Allen Parnell, 50, of Detroit, formerly of Linden, will be at 2 p.m. today at the Chestnut Grove Church of Christ. Bill Ruhl will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Masonic rites.
Parnell, an employee of a Detroit automobile plant, died in Detroit Monday, after a long illness. He was a native of Perry County, son of the late Robert and Nina Black Parnell. He was a Mason. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lena Shelton Parnell; three sons, Paul and Teddy Parnell,Detroil, Don Parnell, Nashville; a sister, Mrs. Rene Jackson, Linden; three brothers, Wallace Parnell, Nashville, Joe Parnell, Aetna, Tenn, J.D. Parnell, Centerville, Tenn., and four grandchildren.
From the Nashville newspaper: November 7, 1960: Cecil Allen Parnell, 49, of Detroil, formerly of Linden, died Monday morning in a Detroil hospital after an illness of two months. Funeral sevices will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. at the McDonald Funeral Home in Linden. The Linden Masonic Lodge will be in charge. Mr. Parnell, a native of Linden and the son of the late Jesse Robert and Nina Black Parnell, moved to Detroil about 20 years ago and had been connected with the automobile industry there. Survivors include his widow, the former Lena Shelton; three sons, Paul and Ted Parnell of Detroit and Don Parnell of Nashville; a sister, Mrs. Loyd Jackson of Linden; three brothers, Wallace Parnell of Nashville; J. D. of Centerville and Joe Parnell of Aetna; and four grandchildren.