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    1. Obit of K. W. Farris
    2. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilson, Farris, Munden, Bratton Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GeV.2ACEB/2148 Message Board Post: Columbia Missourian Columbia, MO February 12, 2006 K.W. Farris K.W. Farris of Ashland died Friday, Feb. 10, 2006, at Boone Hospital Center. He was 84. Mr. Farris was born on Oct. 30,1921, in Centerville, Iowa, to Wal?ter Lynn and Lydia Wilson Farris. He married Jennie Munden on Nov. 6, 1948, in Pocahontas, Ark. Mr. Farris was a member of the Ashland Masonic Lodge No. 156 and of the Scottish Rite and the Moolah Shrine, both in Columbia. Mr. Farris moved with his family to Ashland in 1956 to start Sentinel Industries with his uncle and brother. Mr. Farris’ sons and cousin are still active in the business, which manufactures and pressure treats wood. “He was always active, he always had two or three projects going at the same time,” Daniel Farris, a son, said. Mr. Farris is survived by his wife; two sons, Daniel Farris of New Bloomfield and Melvin Farris of Heber Springs, Ark.; a sister, Dorothy Bratton of Excelsior Springs; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. His two brothers, Maurice and Cedric, died earlier. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Robinson Funeral Home, 601 N. Henry Clay Blvd. in Ashland. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions are suggested to the American Diabetes, American Heart or Alzheimer’s associations.

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