The Journal says: Newspaper article-Atlanta Georgia-"Atlanta Journal Starr" written by Davenport Stewart.
On a gentle hill north of Baxley, Georgia they buried Thursday afternoon, October 25th, a modest man who towered above most of his fellows, because he so often knelt to comfort little children. He was Dr. Z.C. (for Zuell Colon) O'Farrell, 59 year old missionary Baptist minister, who for almost 12 years was Superintendent of the Southern Industrial Orphans Home, 12 miles southeast of Baxley. When news of his death at a Jesup Hospital Thursday reached the orphanage in the pines, the children who loved this white-thatched man in the sports shirt, wept. All south Georgia mourns Dr. O'Farrell. He was the kind of orphanage Superintendent who bought fishing tackle on his limited budget because he wanted the children to go fishing in the creek on the property whenever they wanted to. Few people north of Macon knew about the Southern Industrial Home. Few north of Macon knew the person from Pigeon Creek, Alabama who had 105 youngsters under his wing when he died of a heart attack, suffered in route to a church where an offering for the orphanage was collected. But the children at the orphanage, the youngsters from 2 to 19 loved him. And they say children can tell the good from the bad. He was the Shepherd, too, of the approximately 50 orphanage boys who went to the Armed Services in World War II. The story of the Southern Industrial Orphans Home is largely the story of Dr. O'Farrell. He was the spark plug, the drive behind the institution. "Founded on faith and supported on faith", the original 1,050 acres of land for the orphanage were given by the late E.L. Odum, who died in 1938. Institution records were lost in a disastrous fire last year. But it was about the latter part of 1933 that Dr. O'Farrell, then pastor of a Baptist Church at Douglas, began his mission for the homeless children of south Georgia. In 1934, he moved to a cottage on the grounds. There were 15 children in the orphanage, and one wooden dormitory had been constructed during the Superintendency of the late Rev. E.J. Riddle about 1930. Mr. Riddle had rallied the people of Appling, Bason and Wayne counties to the support of the institution, and Mr. Odum gave the land. There are now 18 buildings, including five dormitories (three of brick, and two of frame), and the acreage of the place has grown to 1,260. Some 350 acres are in cultivation, the rest in woodland pasture. There are 125 head of cattle, and 100 head of spotted Poland China hogs. The material value of the place is about $105,000 pre-war value. Its children come from various Protestant denominations. Under Dr. O'Farrell, the high population of the orphanage was 187, the low 80. Most of the children who come to his institution remain until they go outside to work. Dr. O'Farrell never knowingly let anybody take the youngsters into his home, except as a bona fide member of the family, and he was careful to keep in touch with youngsters who left. More than one child who went away to foster parents came back because he was happier at the home. Indeed, they say around Baxley that the orphanage is "more like a home than an institution". It must be, judging from the smiling faces we saw in a quick examination.
On a gentle hill north of Baxley, Georgia they buried Thursday afternoon, October 25th, a modest man who towered above most of his fellows, because he so often knelt to comfort little children. He was Dr. Z.C. (for Zuell Colon) O'Farrell, 59 year old missionary Baptist minister, who for almost 12 years was Superintendent of the Southern Industrial Orphans Home, 12 miles southeast of Baxley. When news of his death at a Jesup Hospital Thursday reached the orphanage in the pines, the children who loved this white-thatched man in the sports shirt, wept. All south Georgia mourns Dr. O'Farrell. He was the kind of orphanage Superintendent who bought fishing tackle on his limited budget because he wanted the children to go fishing in the creek on the property whenever they wanted to. Few people north of Macon knew about the Southern Industrial Home. Few north of Macon knew the person from Pigeon Creek, Alabama who had 105 youngsters under his wing when he died of a heart attack, suffered in route to a church where an offering for the orphanage was collected. But the children at the orphanage, the youngsters from 2 to 19 loved him. And they say children can tell the good from the bad. He was the Shepherd, too, of the approximately 50 orphanage boys who went to the Armed Services in World War II. The story of the Southern Industrial Orphans Home is largely the story of Dr. O'Farrell. He was the spark plug, the drive behind the institution. "Founded on faith and supported on faith", the original 1,050 acres of land for the orphanage were given by the late E.L. Odum, who died in 1938. Institution records were lost in a disastrous fire last year. But it was about the latter part of 1933 that Dr. O'Farrell, then pastor of a Baptist Church at Douglas, began his mission for the homeless children of south Georgia. In 1934, he moved to a cottage on the grounds. There were 15 children in the orphanage, and one wooden dormitory had been constructed during the Superintendency of the late Rev. E.J. Riddle about 1930. Mr. Riddle had rallied the people of Appling, Bason and Wayne counties to the support of the institution, and Mr. Odum gave the land. There are now 18 buildings, including five dormitories (three of brick, and two of frame), and the acreage of the place has grown to 1,260. Some 350 acres are in cultivation, the rest in woodland pasture. There are 125 head of cattle, and 100 head of spotted Poland China hogs. The material value of the place is about $105,000 pre-war value. Its children come from various Protestant denominations. Under Dr. O'Farrell, the high population of the orphanage was 187, the low 80. Most of the children who come to his institution remain until they go outside to work. Dr. O'Farrell never knowingly let anybody take the youngsters into his home, except as a bona fide member of the family, and he was careful to keep in touch with youngsters who left. More than one child who went away to foster parents came back because he was happier at the home. Indeed, they say around Baxley that the orphanage is "more like a home than an institution". It must be, judging from the smiling faces we saw in a quick examination.
The Journal says: Newspaper article-Atlanta Georgia-"Atlanta Journal Starr" written by Davenport Stewart.
On a gentle hill north of Baxley, Georgia they buried Thursday afternoon, October 25th, a modest man who towered above most of his fellows, because he so often knelt to comfort little children. He was Dr. Z.C. (for Zuell Colon) O'Farrell, 59 year old missionary Baptist minister, who for almost 12 years was Superintendent of the Southern Industrial Orphans Home, 12 miles southeast of Baxley. When news of his death at a Jesup Hospital Thursday reached the orphanage in the pines, the children who loved this white-thatched man in the sports shirt, wept. All south Georgia mourns Dr. O'Farrell. He was the kind of orphanage Superintendent who bought fishing tackle on his limited budget because he wanted the children to go fishing in the creek on the property whenever they wanted to. Few people north of Macon knew about the Southern Industrial Home. Few north of Macon knew the person from Pigeon Creek, Alabama who had 105 youngsters under his wing when he died of a heart attack, suffered in route to a church where an offering for the orphanage was collected. But the children at the orphanage, the youngsters from 2 to 19 loved him. And they say children can tell the good from the bad. He was the Shepherd, too, of the approximately 50 orphanage boys who went to the Armed Services in World War II. The story of the Southern Industrial Orphans Home is largely the story of Dr. O'Farrell. He was the spark plug, the drive behind the institution. "Founded on faith and supported on faith", the original 1,050 acres of land for the orphanage were given by the late E.L. Odum, who died in 1938. Institution records were lost in a disastrous fire last year. But it was about the latter part of 1933 that Dr. O'Farrell, then pastor of a Baptist Church at Douglas, began his mission for the homeless children of south Georgia. In 1934, he moved to a cottage on the grounds. There were 15 children in the orphanage, and one wooden dormitory had been constructed during the Superintendency of the late Rev. E.J. Riddle about 1930. Mr. Riddle had rallied the people of Appling, Bason and Wayne counties to the support of the institution, and Mr. Odum gave the land. There are now 18 buildings, including five dormitories (three of brick, and two of frame), and the acreage of the place has grown to 1,260. Some 350 acres are in cultivation, the rest in woodland pasture. There are 125 head of cattle, and 100 head of spotted Poland China hogs. The material value of the place is about $105,000 pre-war value. Its children come from various Protestant denominations. Under Dr. O'Farrell, the high population of the orphanage was 187, the low 80. Most of the children who come to his institution remain until they go outside to work. Dr. O'Farrell never knowingly let anybody take the youngsters into his home, except as a bona fide member of the family, and he was careful to keep in touch with youngsters who left. More than one child who went away to foster parents came back because he was happier at the home. Indeed, they say around Baxley that the orphanage is "more like a home than an institution". It must be, judging from the smiling faces we saw in a quick examination.
On a gentle hill north of Baxley, Georgia they buried Thursday afternoon, October 25th, a modest man who towered above most of his fellows, because he so often knelt to comfort little children. He was Dr. Z.C. (for Zuell Colon) O'Farrell, 59 year old missionary Baptist minister, who for almost 12 years was Superintendent of the Southern Industrial Orphans Home, 12 miles southeast of Baxley. When news of his death at a Jesup Hospital Thursday reached the orphanage in the pines, the children who loved this white-thatched man in the sports shirt, wept. All south Georgia mourns Dr. O'Farrell. He was the kind of orphanage Superintendent who bought fishing tackle on his limited budget because he wanted the children to go fishing in the creek on the property whenever they wanted to. Few people north of Macon knew about the Southern Industrial Home. Few north of Macon knew the person from Pigeon Creek, Alabama who had 105 youngsters under his wing when he died of a heart attack, suffered in route to a church where an offering for the orphanage was collected. But the children at the orphanage, the youngsters from 2 to 19 loved him. And they say children can tell the good from the bad. He was the Shepherd, too, of the approximately 50 orphanage boys who went to the Armed Services in World War II. The story of the Southern Industrial Orphans Home is largely the story of Dr. O'Farrell. He was the spark plug, the drive behind the institution. "Founded on faith and supported on faith", the original 1,050 acres of land for the orphanage were given by the late E.L. Odum, who died in 1938. Institution records were lost in a disastrous fire last year. But it was about the latter part of 1933 that Dr. O'Farrell, then pastor of a Baptist Church at Douglas, began his mission for the homeless children of south Georgia. In 1934, he moved to a cottage on the grounds. There were 15 children in the orphanage, and one wooden dormitory had been constructed during the Superintendency of the late Rev. E.J. Riddle about 1930. Mr. Riddle had rallied the people of Appling, Bason and Wayne counties to the support of the institution, and Mr. Odum gave the land. There are now 18 buildings, including five dormitories (three of brick, and two of frame), and the acreage of the place has grown to 1,260. Some 350 acres are in cultivation, the rest in woodland pasture. There are 125 head of cattle, and 100 head of spotted Poland China hogs. The material value of the place is about $105,000 pre-war value. Its children come from various Protestant denominations. Under Dr. O'Farrell, the high population of the orphanage was 187, the low 80. Most of the children who come to his institution remain until they go outside to work. Dr. O'Farrell never knowingly let anybody take the youngsters into his home, except as a bona fide member of the family, and he was careful to keep in touch with youngsters who left. More than one child who went away to foster parents came back because he was happier at the home. Indeed, they say around Baxley that the orphanage is "more like a home than an institution". It must be, judging from the smiling faces we saw in a quick examination.
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