Carol Abercrombie Farris, 102, went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 4, 2022.
She was born Gloria Carol Abercrombie, the third daughter of Lillian (Pendleton) Abercrombie and Julius Bailey Abercrombie on January 23,1920, both of whom preceded her to heaven. In 1941, she met and married James R. Farris, who passed away in 1997. There were two daughters born to this union, Lynn Carter McCullough of Richmond, and Barbara (Jack) Embree of Huntington Beach, CA. There was one son James David Farris.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Russell Farris in 1997, one son, James David Farris in 1988, and one granddaughter, Julie Carter Messick in 2013.
She leaves behind four grandchildren. She also leaves behind nine great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was a volunteer at the Ray County Hospital for a number of years until she broke her back. She and her husband were also on the boards of Sunny Slope Cemetery and The Salvation Army.
She loved knitting and made hundreds of baby Afghans, baby hats, scarfs, and bedspreads that are now all over the United States from shore to shore.
For years, she was active in the Richmond United Methodist church, but as she aged she became less active, but could always be counted on to be in "her" pew every Sunday morning no matter what the weather. She always said, "This is where I am supposed to be."
At 102, she lived through the Great Depression, all of the wars from WWII to the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Her father was the first person to have a "ham radio" west of the Mississippi. One of her favorite stories was about where she was when she learned that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor.
She was born Gloria Carol Abercrombie, the third daughter of Lillian (Pendleton) Abercrombie and Julius Bailey Abercrombie on January 23,1920, both of whom preceded her to heaven. In 1941, she met and married James R. Farris, who passed away in 1997. There were two daughters born to this union, Lynn Carter McCullough of Richmond, and Barbara (Jack) Embree of Huntington Beach, CA. There was one son James David Farris.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Russell Farris in 1997, one son, James David Farris in 1988, and one granddaughter, Julie Carter Messick in 2013.
She leaves behind four grandchildren. She also leaves behind nine great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was a volunteer at the Ray County Hospital for a number of years until she broke her back. She and her husband were also on the boards of Sunny Slope Cemetery and The Salvation Army.
She loved knitting and made hundreds of baby Afghans, baby hats, scarfs, and bedspreads that are now all over the United States from shore to shore.
For years, she was active in the Richmond United Methodist church, but as she aged she became less active, but could always be counted on to be in "her" pew every Sunday morning no matter what the weather. She always said, "This is where I am supposed to be."
At 102, she lived through the Great Depression, all of the wars from WWII to the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Her father was the first person to have a "ham radio" west of the Mississippi. One of her favorite stories was about where she was when she learned that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor.
Carol Abercrombie Farris, 102, went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 4, 2022.
She was born Gloria Carol Abercrombie, the third daughter of Lillian (Pendleton) Abercrombie and Julius Bailey Abercrombie on January 23,1920, both of whom preceded her to heaven. In 1941, she met and married James R. Farris, who passed away in 1997. There were two daughters born to this union, Lynn Carter McCullough of Richmond, and Barbara (Jack) Embree of Huntington Beach, CA. There was one son James David Farris.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Russell Farris in 1997, one son, James David Farris in 1988, and one granddaughter, Julie Carter Messick in 2013.
She leaves behind four grandchildren. She also leaves behind nine great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was a volunteer at the Ray County Hospital for a number of years until she broke her back. She and her husband were also on the boards of Sunny Slope Cemetery and The Salvation Army.
She loved knitting and made hundreds of baby Afghans, baby hats, scarfs, and bedspreads that are now all over the United States from shore to shore.
For years, she was active in the Richmond United Methodist church, but as she aged she became less active, but could always be counted on to be in "her" pew every Sunday morning no matter what the weather. She always said, "This is where I am supposed to be."
At 102, she lived through the Great Depression, all of the wars from WWII to the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Her father was the first person to have a "ham radio" west of the Mississippi. One of her favorite stories was about where she was when she learned that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor.
She was born Gloria Carol Abercrombie, the third daughter of Lillian (Pendleton) Abercrombie and Julius Bailey Abercrombie on January 23,1920, both of whom preceded her to heaven. In 1941, she met and married James R. Farris, who passed away in 1997. There were two daughters born to this union, Lynn Carter McCullough of Richmond, and Barbara (Jack) Embree of Huntington Beach, CA. There was one son James David Farris.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Russell Farris in 1997, one son, James David Farris in 1988, and one granddaughter, Julie Carter Messick in 2013.
She leaves behind four grandchildren. She also leaves behind nine great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was a volunteer at the Ray County Hospital for a number of years until she broke her back. She and her husband were also on the boards of Sunny Slope Cemetery and The Salvation Army.
She loved knitting and made hundreds of baby Afghans, baby hats, scarfs, and bedspreads that are now all over the United States from shore to shore.
For years, she was active in the Richmond United Methodist church, but as she aged she became less active, but could always be counted on to be in "her" pew every Sunday morning no matter what the weather. She always said, "This is where I am supposed to be."
At 102, she lived through the Great Depression, all of the wars from WWII to the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Her father was the first person to have a "ham radio" west of the Mississippi. One of her favorite stories was about where she was when she learned that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor.
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