Editing Gram Parsons (section)

==Early life and education==
Ingram Cecil Connor III was born on November 5, 1946, in [[Winter Haven, Florida]], to Ingram Cecil Connor II, aka "Coon Dog", and Avis Snively Connor.{{sfn|Meyer|2007|p=27}} He had one sibling, a sister named “Little Avis”. Connor II was a World War II flying ace, decorated with the [[Air Medal]], who worked at his father-in-law's company and was a local [[Boy Scouts of America|Boy Scout]] official. Both parents were alcoholics and both suffered from depression; Cecil II shot himself on December 23, 1958.{{sfn|Meyer|2007|p=37}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Ingram Cecil Connor - Obituary |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-ingram-cecil-connor/13941756/?locale=en-CA |website=newspapers.com |publisher=Newspapers by Ancestry |access-date=4 February 2025}}</ref> Avis then married Robert Parsons, whose surname was adopted by Gram and his sister. Avis and Robert would have one child, Parsons’ half-sister Diane.

Avis was the daughter of citrus fruit magnate [[John A. Snively]], who held extensive properties in Winter Haven FL and Waycross Georgia, where the Connors normally lived.  Parsons attended [[The Bolles School]] in [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]] before transferring to the public [[Winter Haven High School]]; after failing his junior year there, he returned to Bolles. On his graduation day, June 5, 1965, his mother died of complications from alcoholism.{{sfn|Meyer|2007|pp=139-143}} Robert Parsons had been having an affair with Diane’s nanny; they married shortly after Avis’ death. Gram went on to Harvard, which he attended for one semester. At age 21, he began to receive his annual trust fund income of $30,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://jacksonville.com/entertainment/literature/2012-11-04/story/gram-parsons-biography-well-done/|title=Gram Parsons Biography Well Done|newspaper=[[The Florida Times-Union]]|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref>