Born in Pineville on November 29, 1949, she was the a daughter of the late E.J. and Lillie McCracken Farris. A member of the First Baptist Church-Concord, she was a Board Certified Psychiatric RPH and a member of the National Board of Pharmacy Specialties. She was a graduate of the University of Tennessee and the Mercer University-Southern School of Pharmacy. At Mercer she was president of Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, selected for membership in Rho Chi Scholastic Achievement Society, Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Society and graduate summa cum laude recipient of the Mercer Scholastic Achievement Award. She was also an avid hiker, white water enthusiast and photographer. She worked as a pharmacist with her brother and mother at Farris Drugs in Pineville, and later as director of pharmacy for Peninsula Hospital and Covenant Behavioral Health, and was a pharmacist with Walgreens at the time of her death.
Survivors include her brother, Wayne Farris and his wife Sue of Pineville; nieces, Lisa and husband, Dr. Barry Bingham, and Suzanne and husband, Brad Loutsenhizer; nephew, Gregory Farris and wife, Jennifer; great-nieces and great-nephews, Anna Katherine Bingham, Andrew Bingham, Will Farris, Jackson Farris, Adam Loutsenhizer and Alexa Grace Loutsenhizer; and a host of other relatives and many friends.
A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, November 10, at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home in Pineville with the Rev. Ron Howard presiding.
Burial will be in the Gray Cemetery at Gray, Ky. Pallbearers are Wayne Bishop, Mark Terry, John Turpin, Jim Mills, Scott Madon, Paul Conner Cawood, John Jones and David Gambrel. Honorary pallbearers will be Willie Mathis, Paul Farris, Barry Bingham, Brad Loutsenhizer and the Deacons of the First Baptist Church of Pineville.
The family will receive friends after 12 p.m. Tuesday until the hour of the service at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home in Pineville which is honored to be serving the Farris and Carpenter family. Light a virtual candle and sign the online guest register at www.arnettsteele.com.
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