Complex sentence: Parnell was born and raised to a Southern Baptist family in Memphis, Tennessee and graduated from Germantown High School and later attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts where he received his BFA in Drama.
Split into simpler sentences: Parnell was born to and raised by a Southern Baptist family in Memphis, Tennessee. He graduated from Germantown High School and later attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts where he received his BFA in Drama.