Carolyn June Parnell
July 4, 1942 - March 28, 2016
Carolyn June Parnell, 73, of Stephens City, died Monday, March 28, 2016 at her residence. She was born July 4, 1942 in Franklin, WV the daughter of Edward Lee and Hazel Marie Smith Cowger. She was married to Ronald K. Parnell. Mrs. Parnell had been a manager with Rite-Aid for twenty-eight years. She was a member of Stephens City United Methodist Church. She loved spending time with her grandchildren, the beach, The Lunch Bunch and reading mysteries. Surviving in addition to her husband are two daughters, Sandra Parnell-Dowell and her husband Timothy of Hampstead, MD and Sue Ann Lund and her husband Joseph Clifford of Arnold, MD; a sister, Eleanor Hoover of Brandywine, WV; six grandchildren, Brittany Lund, Emily McQuerrey and her husband Joseph, Taylor Dowell, Jessica Dowell, Kelly Lund and Chloe Dowell and a great-grandson, Theodore McQuerrey. A funeral service will be Friday at 11:00 a.m. in Stephens City United Methodist Church with Rev. Bob Gochenour and Rev. Waverly Reames officiating. Burial will follow in Shenandoah Memorial Park. Casket bearers will be Timothy Dowell, Joseph Clifford Lund, Joseph McQuerrey, Steven Boone, Thomas Geilfuss and Michael Otwell. Friends will be received on Thursday from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. in Phelps Funeral Chapel, 311 Hope Drive, Winchester. www.phelpsfunerals.com
Carolyn June Parnell, 73, of Stephens City, died Monday, March 28, 2016 at her residence. She was born July 4, 1942 in Franklin, WV the daughter of Edward Lee and Hazel Marie Smith Cowger. She was married to Ronald K. Parnell. Mrs. Parnell... View Obituary & Service Information