Corey Parrish
 ( aka Mansion )
guitarist - drummer - composer
our loving son and brother

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Corey William Parrish

( aka Mansion )
Jan. 20, 1987 - Feb 27, 2008
April 14, 2007
i'm so sorry to hear about your tragic loss. i know what it's like having been through it before as well. 
corey's music is great. i really like the guitar picking and gentle approach, hes a great writer and seems to have a unique and genuine approach to music. we all send you well-wishes for the coming days, weeks, months... it ain't easy... if you make it to a show sometime come on over and say hello... 
sincerely sorry, 
adam 
mice parade

Corey had a tattoo of  a treble clef  that was accidentally tattooed backwards.  After we said our
goodbye to him following all services, we went right out and got the same treble clef backwards,
in the same spot on our arm, in his honor.  When the idea was suggested, there was no hesitation what so ever,
we happily went for it.  It was a first tattoo for four of us.  We love our tattoss ! - Dennis


This poem was written by my longtime friend Stephen Nolan - thank you Steve.


COREY

 

Child of music

Child of the universe

Child of God

 

Flower in the garden

Pebble in the stream

Whisper in the wind

 

Echo of our own voices

Shadow of our own reflections

 

Star in the heavens

that we lift our weary heads

and hope to find --

your light glowing through the darkness

pointing our way home


Corey, you are forever in my heart, mind and music. We are one. I love you, Krista


Thank you Phil Baker, for sending the above image

Dear Faith , Dennis, and  Krista ,
 
I found these sentiments on a card that I want to pass on  - both on the WEB and through the mail.
 
                                              Love Lives On - M Winn
 
                                "Some people's lives can truly make a difference.                                     
                                 However long or short their lives on earth,
                                 They give the gifts of kindness and caring,
                                 They sow the seeds of friendship and self-worth.
                                 Some people's lives are beautiful examples of putting others first,
                                 and when they're gone, the lives of those they touched
                                 are so much richer, and the love they shared lives on and on."
 
We know that Corey is in God's arms now.
 
Sincerely,
Cindy Crane Mollis (East Amwell Township School) and family

"Corey,
Unfortunately, I never had the pleasure to have met you.
 
We have never met, but I've known your parents for years, and have seen you through their loving eyes.
 
We have never met, yet I was around when your sister was born, and have heard of your tender soul thru her songs and her words.
 
We have never met, yet I can feel you thru the beautiful songs that you've written, with both the tenderness and passion of a great composer.
 
We have never met, yet I could feel your heart as I stood and stand with your loving friends and family.
 
We all walk this earth but for a short time my friend, and I am proud and honoured to feel as if we Have met,
knowing that we all will sing Together someday soon.
It would also be an honour, if I may sign off now as I would with your sister....
as You're Loving "Uncle" Bill
God Bless you."


Corey
(about 5 years old)

Krista and Corey








Corey  plays at Krista's wedding ceremony October 14, 2007

 August 12 (from Krista)
On Tuesday August 12th, I was organizing my new kitchen we had just remodeled. For weeks I had been searching for our refrigerator magnets but had no luck. Our basement was filled with boxes that were filled with random things that hadn't been unpacked yet. It's dark and dingy down there so I would run out of steam quick. Tuesday was different & I wasn't bothered much by it. Even so, I could still not find what I was looking for so I asked for help. I asked my brother Corey out loud if he would please guide me towards these magnets and help me find them as I knew I had packed them with a bunch of pictures of him that were on my old refrigerator. Less then 5 minutes later, I found them! I was so excited and thanked Corey for his help. I began arranging the magnets on the refrigerator and decided to put the magnetic poetry word scattered among the pictures. There are hundreds of word magnets so I knew it would take me a while and I wasn't paying attention to the words at first as I was putting them up. About midway through I got seven words in a row that actually made a sentence and at first I hadn't quite put them in the sentence order, just around each other but as I was putting each on up, I noticed what the sentence said and I couldn't believe my eyes!! It read:  PLEASE ROCK ALWAYS SOME SWEET MUSIC SKIN. I knew instantly that Corey had arranged for me to pick those particular words in that particular order to send me that message. He always called me Skin (it's short for one of my nicknames I've had since I was a baby) and that was the word that really sent chills up my spine. That night Corey came to me in a dream and told me you don't die, you go to another place and that he can come see us when he wants and he even had a code for me to say when I wanted to see him. My dad also dreamt of Corey around the same time on Wednesday morning and he called me to tell me about it and I told him about my dream as well. What a comforting week. I feel like I have my brother back in ways and I know that someday we will be together EYE TO EYE again. Love you Corey XOXOXO!!