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::Memory Gardens Cemetery--Amarillo TX

Amarillo Globe News 5 Aug 1997

Melvill A. Farren

Melvill A. Farren, 77, of Marble Falls, a former Amarillo resident, 
died Saturday, August 2, 1997, in Alamosa, Colo.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Bell Avenue Baptist Church 
with the Rev. Raymond Bowlin of First Baptist Church of Bushland 
officiating.

Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery by SchoolerGordon Funeral 
Directors, 5400 Bell St.

Mr. Farren was born in Eagletown, Okla., and grew up in the Texarkana 
area. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1940 and served during World 
War II.

He flew with the Flying Tigers.

He was a tail gunner in 101 missions over China. He was a member of 
the 25th Fighter Squadron, CBI, 51st Fighter Group. He received the 
Purple Heart and was honorably discharged in 1945.

Mr. Farren married Lorraine Riddell in 1946 at Cee Vee.

He attended Wayland Baptist College in Plainview for three years. He 
farmed in the Texas Panhandle from 1947 to 1952, when he began 
working at the Amarillo Airbase as a civilian supervisor. He was 
transferred to Andrews Air Force Base in 1968.

He retired in 1969 and moved back to Amarillo. He worked for Bell 
Helicopter as an instrument supervisor from 1969 to 1973, when he 
retired.

Mr. Farren was a member of Bluebonnet Hills Baptist Church in Marble 
Falls. He was a former member of Bell Avenue Baptist Church and a 
past master at Tascosa Masonic Lodge. He was a life member of Palo 
Duro Masonic  Lodge and the Scottish Rite. He was a York Rite 32nd 
degree Mason.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Ken Farren and James A. Farren, 
both of Amarillo; two daughters, Genie Line of Amarillo and Vicki 
Line of Dalhart; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. 

The family will be at 4811 Carole. They request memorials be to the 
Scottish Rite Children's Hospital in Dallas.
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