Gregory Arnez Parham

Gregory Arnez Parham was born on July 14, 1969 at Johns Hopkins Hospital, the son of his late parents, JoAnn Parham and Mason Johnson. Gregory graduated from Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School, aka "MERVO" in 1988. From an early age, Gregory had a God given talent and artistic ability to draw. Gregory could look at a picture or cartoon and recreate it from scratch. He had a creative imagination which he used to create various characters and devlop entire story plots. Greg once participated in a Baltimore City-wide art contest and had one of his drawings selected by former Mayor Donald Schaefer to be included in an annual art book. Greg loved watching old Japanese Saturday morning monster movies with Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra and Mecca-Godzilla. He was a big movie fan and loved Sci-Fi movies like Star Wars, Star Trek and King Kong. Greg was a big Japanese Anime cartoon fan as well. He like cartoons like Speed Racer, Star-Ship Blazers and collected anime action figures. Greg loved animals, especially cats. Greg was a big Rave seen partier and was well known. He would travel from Philly to Rhode Island to attend a party and wore out of this world outfits. Greg developed life long friendships with the people he met on the Rave scene. This helped Greg blossom into the unique, big-hearted person who would try to help anyone he could. Greg held various jobs, working as a San Francisco coffee shop Barista, food server for Tiffanie's East Lounge, Aramark in Baltimore and Philadelphia. He mostly enjoyed working in hospitals as a transporter where he met people with life challenges and took deep interest in understanding their stories. Greg had a keen mind and could accomplish anything he put his mind to. While living in San Francisco, he completed massage therapy training to become a masseuse. Greg was an independent soul that followed his own path through life and did things his way, sometimes good, sometimes bad. Greg had many friends and was a big jokester with a sarcastic sense of humor. Greg rarely met a person he didn't like. When meeting Greg, it was like you've known him for years. He had a transparent personality and a bigger than life smile and heart. Gregory would accept anyone for who they were and not pass judgement on them. He believed that everyone had something to offer and should be valued. Greg had some life challenges which altered his path but that did not stop his spirit. He departed this life after a short battle with pneumonia along with various medical conditions. "Most importantly before departing this life, Greg received Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior." He leaves to cherish his memory: brother, Troy Parham; sister-in-law, Tanora Williams-Parham; nephews, Marquay Thornton and David Garrett; cousins, Michael and Tony Parham; lifetime friends, Beth, Amanda, Eric aka "Bumble", Mike and Julianne Cox, Roxanna and a host of relatives and friends.

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Gregory Arnez Parham

July 14, 1969 - December 6, 2022