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Portrait of Parnell Matthew Green
In loving memory

Parnell Matthew Green

June 18, 1992 – April 21, 2009
Lived 16 years
Kaysville Cemetery · Kaysville, Utah
Life story

Parnell Matthew was the third child, second son, born to Parnell Erick and Tiffany. Parnell Matthew was the fourth generation to be given the name Parnell which began with his great-great grandfather. Typically the first born son would be given the family name, but Parnell Matthew was grateful that he was given the name Parnell. He had told his mother he liked his name because it sounded like a cowboy name. Parnell was given his middle name Matthew after his uncle.

Parnell has three brothers and one sister who he had close relationships with. Ohhhh the stories they can tell and the shenanigans they got into!

Parnell had plans to join the marines when he turned eighteen. He had already taken the test. The night before he left this world he received a shirt and a letter from the marines letting him know they would be contacting him when he became of age. Parnell was so proud of that shirt! He wore the shirt running with his mom that evening as he told her of his dreams.

Parnell left this world the next day, two months before his seventeenth birthday.

I don’t believe Parnell left this world intentionally. He had dreams left unfulfilled. Life still left to live…

Parnell is buried near his great grandpa Mitchell and grandpa Russell who all had a love for fishing. If there is fishing in heaven, I’m sure they are all sitting by a lake with their fishing poles waiting on us.

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1992
Born June 18
1994
Parnell was 2 when "Friends" premiered
1995
Parnell was 3 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
1997
Parnell was 5 when "Titanic" opened in theaters
1998
Parnell was 6 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2005
Parnell was 13 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2009
Parnell was 17 when Captain Sully safely landed a jetliner on the Hudson River
2009
Passed away April 21, age 16
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Jocelyn Goldsberry 69w

my friend

Parnell was a wonderful friend to me and I'm so lucky to have had the opportunity to know him. He spoke so highly of his family, this was something that really drew me to enjoy being around him, he was always such a positive and energetic person. He loved his mom so much, he always told me how lucky he was to have his parents because they were cooler than everyone else's. I remember how close he was to his sister, the jokes he would tell to her to get her to laugh and how proud he would be when she would tell people that was her best friend. Parnell's heart was so big. He genuinely cared about his family and friends and was always looking deeper into their emotional well beings. He taught me so much, even though he was the younger one, and was someone I could always depend on to be there for me no matter what was going on in our teenage drama filled worlds. There's still places in this town that I drive by and he crosses my mind every time, and probably will forever. You are very missed my friend, love you.

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