Lula Rebecca Greene

Lula married Rev. Edmund Jones Farthing about 19905 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina. Edmund (son of Rev. Calvin Shaw Farthing and Keziah Elizabeth Farthing) was born on 27 Apr 1877 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina; died on 8 Apr 1973 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; was buried in C. South Farthing Cemetery, , Watauga County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alpha married Wiley Boyce Perry about 1936 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina. Wiley was born on 8 Sep 1915 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina; died on 28 Feb 2003 in Alamance County, , , North Carolina; was buried in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, , Orange County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Daughter of Rev. Edmund Jones FARTHING, Sr. and Lula Rebecca GREENE. Married Henry M. MARTIN, Jr.

Kizzie Mae Farthing Martin, 85, of 2320 W. CR 6, Tiffin, Ruffing Family Care Center, died March 16, 2003, in Mercy Hospital of Tiffin. She was born Dec. 13, 1917, in Sugar Grove, Watauga County, NC. She married Henry M. Martin Jr. in Athens, Ala., on Feb. 2, 1946. They were married for more than 57 years. She was a high school graduate and completed two years of business school. She worked on the atomic bomb at Oak Ridge, TN. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ.

She is survived by her husband, Henry M. Martin, Jr.; a son, Milton (Susie) Martin of Fresno, CA; a daughter, Becky (Tom) Shaver of Tiffin; a brother, Edmund (Hazel) Farthing of Sugar Grove, NC; three sisters, Alpha Perry of Mebane, NC, Lennis Efstation of Burnsville, NC, and Jodie (Oran) Dugger of Burnsville, NC; four grandchildren, Cliff Adams, Jenny Citty, Blaine Martin and Matt Shaver; three great-grandchildren, Jacob Adams, Jimmy Citty and Kizzie Citty.

Preceding her in death were her parents, and a brother, Blaine Farthing.

Funeral services were held at the Hoffmann-Gottfried Funeral Home, officiated by Jim Martin. Burial in Seneca Memory Gardens.

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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.

Edmund married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jodie Farthing Reese Dugger, 90, of Burnsville, passed away Saturday, October 4, 2014, at her home.
A native of Watauga County, she was a daughter of the late Rev. E. J. and Lula Greene Farthing. She was also preceded in death by her husbands: Asa L. Reese, Jr. and Oran H. Dugger; an infant son; a son: Michael Reese; stepson: Larry Dugger; 3 sisters: Alpha, Kizzie Mae and Lennis; and a brother: Blaine. Jodie grew up in the Bethel community of Watauga County. A graduate of Mars Hill College, she was a riveter during World War II on the P-47. She and Asa L. were house parents at Crossnore School for 13 years. Jodie and Oran became residents of Burnsville in 1992 and she had been an active member at First Baptist Church since.

Surviving are her children: Marilyn Robinson of Burnsville, and Asa Lowell Reese of Tryon; a daughter-in-law: Mary Ann Dugger of Columbus, Ohio; 7 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; a brother:Â Edmund Farthing and wife, Hazel, of Vilas; and, a special friend: Gordon MacFarlane.

A graveside service will be held at 3PM Wednesday in the Farthing Family Cemetery in Vilas.

A celebration of life service will be held at 2PM Saturday, October 11, 2014, at First Baptist Church of Burnsville. Rev. Tommy James will officiate. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the church.

Jodie married Asa Lafayette Reece about 1952. Asa (son of Asa Lafayette Reece and Kate Winston Swift) was born on 5 Dec 1921; died on 5 Oct 1969; was buried in C. South Farthing Cemetery, , Watauga County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]