 1892 - 1956 (63 years)
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| Name |
Bethel Richardson Farris [1, 2] |
| Suffix |
Sr. |
| Birth |
21 Apr 1892 |
Baltimore, MD  [1, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
25 Mar 1956 |
Charleston, Charleston County, SC [3, 4] |
- Obituary -- Bethel Richardson Farris
Bethel Richard Farris, 63, accountant of 21 College St., Charleston, formerly of Georgetown died late Sunday night at his home after an illness of three years.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Mayer Funeral Home Chapel with Dr WH Clapp pastor of First Baptist Church officiating. Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery.
Mr. Farris was born April 21, 1892 in Baltimore and was a son of the late Dr. Hugh Alfred and Berta Richardson Farris.
The family moved to Georgetown when he was a small boy and he attended the schools of Georgetown. He graduated from a business college in Baltimore and worked for Dunn and Bradstreet there for several years. He later returned to Georgetown County and worked for a bank in Andrews and for the old Atlantic Coast Lumber Corp.
For a number of yeras he worked with the Carolina Grocery Co. and moved to Charleston in 1941 to work for Mr Hornik and Co. as an accountant. Ill health forced his retirement several years ago.
Surviving are his widow the former Miss Berta Scurry; two sons, Bethel R Farris and Frank Hugh Farris of Los Angeles Calif; five daughters Mrs H. L. Babson Jr., Mrs. Gene Woodberry and Miss Mae Farris of Charleston, Mrs. J. E. Parler of Cindad Taipello, DR and Mrs. E. D. King of Kingston. NC; 17 grandchildren and one great grandchild; a sister, Mrs. Herman Williams of Charleston and three brothers, C. C. Farris of Mount Pleasant, A. G. Farris of Santa Rosa Fla. and C. L. Farris of New Orleans.
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| Person ID |
I13242 |
Crane Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
10 Jan 2023 |
| Father |
Hugh Alfred Farris, b. 27 Jun 1871, Winchester, Franklin County, TN d. 7 Mar 1951, Johnson Memorial Hospital (Age 79 years) |
| Mother |
Emma Bertie Richardson, b. 12 Nov 1875, Church Creek, Dorchester County, MD d. 12 May 1921, Georgetown, Georgetown County, SC (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage |
Cal 1891 [5] |
| Family ID |
F4852 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Ruth M. Isokreit, b. 12 Feb 1895, Georgetown, Georgetown County, SC d. 1 Feb 1936, Port Wentworth, Chatham County, GA (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage |
1913 [6] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F4854 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
13 Jan 2020 |
| Family 2 |
Berta Scurry, b. 24 Apr 1901, Lake City, Florence County, SC d. 25 May 1996, East Cooper Hospital (Age 95 years) |
| Family ID |
F4856 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
12 Jan 2020 |
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| Sources |
- [S464] Draft Registration Cards - WW I, 11 Jan 2020 (Reliability: 3).
Bethel Richardson Farris
- [S1452] Obituary, Mary Jane (Morrison), (ID #136414521), 12 Jan 2020 (Reliability: 3).
Bether Richardson Farris, Sr.; ID #37147340.
- [S1986] Death Certificate; Farris, Bethel Richardson, (29 Mar 1956), 13 Jan 2020 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1972] Obituary, Farris, Bethel Richardson, 12 Jan 2020 (Reliability: 2).
- [S1974] 1910 U.S. Census, Gerogetown County, SC, 12 Jan 2020 (Reliability: 3).
Hugh A. Farris - HoH (Hugh's name is incorrectly listed as 'Herbert', Emma's name incorrectly listed as 'Elizabeth' and Hugh Jr. is shown as 'Herbert A. Jr.'.
Year: 1910; Census Place: Georgetown, Georgetown, South Carolina; Roll: T624_1458; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0037.
- [S1984] 1930 U.S. Census, Georgetwon County, SC, 13 Jan 2020 (Reliability: 3).
Alexis F. MacDonald - HoH
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