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- Edmund Jones Farthing, Jr., age 96, of 1526 Bethel Road, Vilas, passed away Monday morning, June 6, 2016, at Watauga Medical Center.
Mr. Farthing was born February 24, 1920 in Watauga County, a son of the late Reverend E.J. Farthing, Sr., and Lula Greene Farthing. He was a U.S. Army Veteran, having served during World War II. He was a farmer, and was a deacon and the oldest living member of Bethel Baptist Church.
Mr. Farthing is survived by his wife of 73 years, Hazel Cable Farthing; one son, Len Farthing and wife Brenda of Vilas; two daughters, Debbie Farthing of Asheville, and Patti Hensley and husband Keith of Vilas; one daughter-in-law, Shirley Farthing of Easley, South Carolina; two grandsons, Joel Farthing and wife Nicole of Vilas, and David Lance Farthing of Easley, and two granddaughters, Amanda Huff and husband Todd of Deep Gap, and Cora Hensley of Vilas. He is also survived by a number of great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by two sons, Lance and Byron, his father and mother, Reverend E.J. Farthing, Sr. and Lula Greene Farthing, four sisters, Alpha Perry, Lennis Efstation, Kizzie Mae Martin and Jodie Dugger and one brother, Blaine Farthing.
Funeral services for Edmund Jones Farthing, Jr., will be conducted Friday afternoon, June 10, 2016 at 4:00 o'clock at Bethel Baptist Church. The body will lie in state, at the church, from 2:00 until 4:00 o'clock. Officiating will be Reverend Harold Bennett, Reverend Toby Oliver, and Reverend Ethan Greene. Military graveside rites and burial, provided by the United States Army, American Legion Post 130, and Disabled American Veterans Chapter 90, will follow in the C.S. Farthing Cemetery at the Farthing homeplace.
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