Greensburg Record Herald, on-line obits: 28 Oct 2009
Opal Parnell age 74 of Edmonton, died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009 at Hospice of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio. She was the daughter of the late Jim David and Parthenia Dean Gibson. Opal was retired from Metcalfe County Nursing Home in Edmonton and attended the Bethleham Tabernacle in Metcalfe County and the Lighthouse Christian Fellowship church in Fairborne, Ohio. Opal was married to Leamon Parnell and he preceded her in death in 2005. She is survived by three sons, Donald Parnell of Fairborne, Ohio; Lonnie Parnell of Bronson, Fla. and Michael Parnell of Lafayette, Ind. Seventeen grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren and 4 great great grandchildren also survive. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Butler Funeral Home with burial in the Maple Hill Cemetery. Visitation took place from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday and after 9 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Besides her parents and husband she was preceded in death by a son, Greg Parnell, and a daughter, Lynda Earhart