See also
1 Heather Ann ROBERTS (1981- ) [1067]. Born 27 Apr 1981, Miami, FL.
2 Gary Michael ROBERTS (1953- ) [779]. Born 27 Aug 1953. Marr Corry Beth PARMENTER 4 Feb 1977.
3 Corry Beth PARMENTER (1954- ) [772]. Born 12 Sep 1954, Detroit, MI.
6 Eugene David PARMENTER1 (1919-1992) [686]. Born 31 Dec 1919, Troy Township, MI.2 Marr Corinne Elizabeth GREEN 21 Jun 1946. Died 30 Apr 1992, On a flight from LA to Detroit.3
Eugene applied for his Social Security number on June 15, 1937 in Birmingham, MI. At that time he was working for Goodyear, Pierce at Martin.
Eugene Parmeter was an Army Air Force instructor in Texas during World War II.
From the Birmingham Eccentric, May 26, 1966.
"The editor of the Birmingham Lions Club's weekly bulletin, Eugene Parmenter of Parmenters Florist, interviews the four high school students who will be attending Wolverine Boys and Wolverine Girls State this summer under sponsorship of the club. They are, Doug Leach and Judy Johnson, Seaholm High School; and Cecily Kerr and Gary Wallace, Groves High. The Lions have sent 36 boys to Wolverine State since 1942 while several girls have attended Girls Syate under their sponsorship since 1944.".
12 Walter Horace PARMENTER4 (1896-1990) [532]. Born 9 May 1896, Pontiac, MI.3 Bap 16 Feb 1911, First Baptist Church of Birmingham, MI. Marr Edith Ella OSBORNE 6 Nov 1918, Birmingham, MI.4 Died 13 Sep 1990, Shady Cove, OR.3 Buried Pacific View Memorial Park Cemetery, Newport Beach, CA.
Birmingham Eccentric, October 26, 1917. "Walter Parmenter of Camp Custer, Battle Creek spent Sunday at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Parmenter."
From the Jan 9, 1920 issue of the Birmingham Eccentric, the Walter Parmenter family is reported to be renting a home on Crooks Road when their son was born on New Years Eve, 1919. From the September 8, 1932 Birmingham Eccentric in a section called "Thumbnail Sketches of Birmingham's Prominent Businessmen." "The Parmenter Greenhouses on Crooks Road near Maple mark the site where W.H. Parmenter, the junior member of the father-son parternership which owns and manages the business, was raised and grew up as a child. It might still be an ordinary farm site had not the youth, who attended grammer schools and the old Hill School in Birmingham, taken an early interest in the less lucrative though more esthetic features of Nature's bounty on his father's farm. The love of floral beauty led him eventually to the florist shop of Edwin A. Starr in Royal Oak, who became so impressed with the young employe's aptitude and ability for the work that he encouraged him to take a short course in floral culture at Cornel University. This advice was followed, and on his return from Cornell, Mr. Parmenter induced his father, P.W. Parmenter to join him in partnership in a greenhouse enterprise on the site of the old farm. That was 12 years ago. Small beginnings made for rapid progress, and since the first unit was erected in 1920, additions to the houses and equipment have been made almost yearly up to the present. The father-son partnership still remains intact, with the son in active management of the greenhouses and the father in charge of retail and of the business which is handled through a store at 122 South Main Street, Royal Oak."
Walter and Edith lived at 127 S. Mill St., Plymouth, MI at the time he applied for his social security account number on April 27, 1948.
The Social Security Death Index reports Walter's place of birth as Pontiac but Michigan Marriages shows Birmingham.
13 Edith Ella OSBORNE4 (1899-1978) [687]. Born 13 Apr 1899, Pontiac, MI.4 Died 28 Jul 1978, Shady Cove, OR.5
At the time of her death in 1978, Edith was survived by her daughter Judith Bark'Karie of Shady Cove, OR, sister Mable Wood of Seattle, Carolyn Christiansen of CA, brother, Milton Osborne of British Columbia ; eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
7 Corinne Elizabeth GREEN6 (1923-2006) [768]. Born 30 Dec 1923, Clarkston, MI. Died 3 Sep 2006.7
Nine year old Corinne Green's letter to Santa in the December 22, 1932 Birmingham Eccentric. "Dear Santa Claus. How are you? Please help the poor people. Please give my teacher some presents. I want a doll and set of dishes. Thank you for the doll last Christmas. Please give my mother and daddy a present. I love you, love to all. CORINNE GREEN."
And from the Eccentric December 7, 1933. "Dear Santa, Will you bring me a big doll with curls. I will be a good girl and mind my mother. I will go to bed at 8 oclock Christmas night. Will you bring me a pair of ice skates? Yours friend, CORRINE GREEN.".
| 1 | "1920 Troy Township census". |
| 2 | "Birmingham Eccentric Jan. 9, 1920". |
| 3 | "Social Security Death Index". |
| 4 | "Michigan Marriage Records". |
| 5 | "Newspaper obituary". |
| 6 | "1947 Birmingham City Directory". |
| 7 | "Information provided by Corry Beth Parmenter Roberts". |