CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Homer H. Farthing, 2 Jan 1999
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Homer H. Farthing
01/05/99 
   Homer H. Farthing, 87, 511 West "C" Street, Elizabethton, died 
Saturday, January 2, 1999, at Life Care Center of Elizabethton 
following a lengthy illness.
   Mr. Farthing was a native of Carter County. He resided in Boone, 
N.C., for 20 years, resided in Old Butler, and returned to Elizabethton 
in 1949 to make his home on West "C" Street. He was a son of the late 
T. Hill and Sadie Lineback Farthing.
   Mr. Farthing was a retired teacher in the Johnson and Carter County 
School Systems. He had taught in the Watauga Academy in Old Butler and 
retired from teaching at the Elizabethton High School in 1973. He was 
of the Presbyterian faith.
   Survivors include his wife, Deane Matherly Farthing, of the home; 
two sons and daughters-in-law, Harrison and Sue Farthing, Elizabethton, 
and John and Betty Farthing, Mountain City; three grandsons, Harrison 
Lee Farthing, Elizabethton, Jordan Farthing and Caleb Farthing, both of 
Mountain City; a granddaughter, April Holsclaw, Charlotte, N.C.; and 
four great-granddaughters, Keely Hamm and Sydney Farthing, both of 
Elizabethton, Hannah Holsclaw and Holly Holsclaw, both of Charlotte, 
N.C.
   Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, is in charge of 
arrangements.

   FARTHING -- Funeral services for Homer H. Farthing, 87, 511 West 
"C" Street, Elizabethton, who died Saturday, will be held at 2 p.m. 
Tuesday at Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, with Dr. John 
Martin and Father Steve Smith officiating. Interment will follow in 
the Christus Garden of Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers 
will be Harrison Lee Farthing, Don Holsclaw, Glen Gouge, Wayne Williams, 
Paul Williams Jr., John Fine, Leslie Pearson and Noah Gouge. Honorary 
pallbearers will be friends, neighbors, former students and fellow 
teachers of Mr. Farthing. The family will receive friends at the funeral 
home from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday prior to the service. Friends may also 
call at the residence, 511 West "C" Street, Elizabethton, any time. 
Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.