Son of Hugh Fletcher & Mary Elizabeth (Brooks) Fariss married, 27 Jun 1900, Maury Co, TN, Irene Saila Johnson.
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FARISS, Monte Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 31 Dec 1952
Funeral services for Monte Thomas Fariss, 74, farmer of the Lynnville section, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the residence, conducted by the Rev. W. C. Moorehead, pastor of the Lynnville Methodist Church. Burial took place in Rose Hill Cemetery, in Columbia.
Mr. Fariss died of a heart ailment Monday afternoon at his home.
Native of Hampshire, he was a son of the late H. F. Fariss and Mary Elizabeth Brooks Fariss. Early in life he was employed at the Columbia post office where his father served as postmaster. Later he entered the automobile business at Nogales, Ariz., and returned thirty years ago to Middle Tennessee to engage in farming near Lynnville. He was a member of the Lynnville Methodist Church of which he was a steward.
Mr. Fariss is survived by his wife, Mrs. Irene Johnson Fariss; two daughters, Mrs. Callon Sherrill, Knoxville, and Mrs. Edwin H. Whitaker, Louisville, Ky.; two grandchildren; three sisters, Miss Fletcher Fariss, Mrs. J. A. Brooks and Mrs. R. L. Schmid, all of Dallas, Texas; and a brother, Charles B. Fariss, Ardmore, Okla.[Thanks to Jesse R. Mitchell for retyping this obit]
Son of Hugh Fletcher & Mary Elizabeth (Brooks) Fariss married, 27 Jun 1900, Maury Co, TN, Irene Saila Johnson.
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FARISS, Monte Thomas The Pulaski Citizen 31 Dec 1952
Funeral services for Monte Thomas Fariss, 74, farmer of the Lynnville section, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the residence, conducted by the Rev. W. C. Moorehead, pastor of the Lynnville Methodist Church. Burial took place in Rose Hill Cemetery, in Columbia.
Mr. Fariss died of a heart ailment Monday afternoon at his home.
Native of Hampshire, he was a son of the late H. F. Fariss and Mary Elizabeth Brooks Fariss. Early in life he was employed at the Columbia post office where his father served as postmaster. Later he entered the automobile business at Nogales, Ariz., and returned thirty years ago to Middle Tennessee to engage in farming near Lynnville. He was a member of the Lynnville Methodist Church of which he was a steward.
Mr. Fariss is survived by his wife, Mrs. Irene Johnson Fariss; two daughters, Mrs. Callon Sherrill, Knoxville, and Mrs. Edwin H. Whitaker, Louisville, Ky.; two grandchildren; three sisters, Miss Fletcher Fariss, Mrs. J. A. Brooks and Mrs. R. L. Schmid, all of Dallas, Texas; and a brother, Charles B. Fariss, Ardmore, Okla.[Thanks to Jesse R. Mitchell for retyping this obit]
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