Highland Memorial Cemetery, Mt Carmel, Wabash County IL
Charles Edward Parr
Charles Edward Parr Born: 5 Apr 1919 Died: 15 Jan 2016 Plot:
WWII; Age 96 Where born: Wabash Co IL Where died: Mt Carmel IL Son of: William Andrew Parr* & Mary True Jenkins* Married 1st: 1933 Edith Trout (1 May 1923-4 Aug: 2010 Olney IL; m2 Harry Garrison) Married 2nd: 18 Feb 1950 Grace Alice Canedy* Lived at: 1940 Indianapolis IN Children: - Charles Jr (m: Sue res: Alton IL) -
Alice (m: ? Worrell res: Columbus OH) -
Ellen (m: Randy Grounds res: Allendale IL) -
infant son* (1955); worked first in civilian employment for the U.S. Army-Air Corps Material Command - assigned to the Panama Canal Zone as Supervisor of Procurement and Distribution; liaison with military air attaches in Central and South American countries; photographic work for the Army Intelligence Service in Talara and Iquitos and Lima Peru covering Peruvian Army bases in the Amazon Jungle; at the end of the war in Europe Parr was accepted into active military service - Sgt 9th Photo Tech Squadron of the 20th Air Force - Army Air Corps stationed in Guam. (obit)
* indicates buried with Charles Edward Parr in Highland Memorial Cemetery.
About Highland Memorial Cemetery:
Highland Memorial Cemetery, founded in 1916, is the largest cemetery in Wabash County and receives more interments each year than all other cemeteries in the Mt Carmel area. Other cemeteries in Mt Carmel include Sand Hill Cemetery, Rose Hill Cemetery, St Mary's Cemetery and Simonds Cemetery. Burials: 8587 Location: 1827 College Drive, Mt Carmel, Illinois - Wabash County