
The Clarke County Democrat Podcast
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Mary Ann Parnell
Mary Ann Parnell, 77, of Thomasville, died June 17, 2025 at Whitfield Regional Hospital in Demopolis. She was born April 3, 1948 in Fort Monmouth, N.J. to J. C. McKinley and Dorothy Mae Morgan McKinley. She was a homemaker and a member of Liberty Baptist Church. Mary is survived by her children, Connie Parnell Morgan (Harry), Rebecca “Missi” Parnell Gustafson (Taylor), Ronald “Mack” Parnell (Anna), Susan Parnell McGarrity (Tom), Jon Wesley Parnell (Roxanne), and honorary son, Wayne Buckalew (Pam); brother, Mike McKinley (Audrey); with 25 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. Preceding her in death were her husband, James “Skeeter” Parnell and...