Cuero – Geneva Helen Parnell, 85, passed away December 27, 2008. She was born April 23, 1923 in Ivanhoe, Texas to the late Marion and Clemmie Gamble Burrell. During WWII, she worked at an aircraft assembly plant in Ft. Worth. She was a retired secretary for the Dept. of Defense, U.S.A.F. She was a dedicated mother and grandmother and will be sincerely missed by the lives she touched.

She is survived by her son, John Haliburton, and wife Beverly of Cuero; sisters, Mildred Morris, Marion White and Billie Burrell of Chillicothe, Texas; grandchildren, James and Samuel Haliburton of Cuero; stepsons, Mac Parnell of Stockton, California and Dexter Parnell of Henrietta, Texas.

She is preceded in death by her two husbands, John Haliburton and Tom Parnell; her sisters, Flossie Garrett, Bonnie Hedge, Gertrude Potter, and Lillie Burrell; her brothers, Mac Burrell, Harold Burrell and Derrell Burrell.

Visitation will be Monday, December 29, 2008 from 9 to 11 a.m. at Freund Funeral Home Chapel and Tuesday, December 30, 2008 from 9 to 10 a.m. at Chillicothe Church of Christ in Chillicothe, Texas. The service will follow at 10 a.m. at Chillicothe Church of Christ with Rev. Larry Suttle of Wichita Falls, Texas officiating. Interment will follow at Chillicothe Cemetery.

Freund Funeral Home, 361.275.2343.