This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chariker, Farris, Holland, Land, Brooks, McCoy, Merriken Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GeV.2ACEB/2125 Message Board Post: Asheville Citizen-Times Asheville, NC October 27, 2005 Freida "Sister" Farris Cherokee - Freida Chariker "Sister" Farris, 73, of Painttown community, died Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2005, in a Buncombe County Hospital. A native of South Carolina, she had been a resident of Cherokee since 1970. She was the daughter of the late Eldon and Grace Holland Chariker. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Tommy, Dick and Leroy Chariker; and grandson, Jacob Farris. She owned and operated, along with her husband, Riverside Motel and Campground since 1970. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Harvey A Farris; four children, Richard Farris and wife, Mary, of Columbia, Jim Farris and wife, Beth, of Cherokee, Donna Farris Brooks and husband, Ervin, of Weaverville, Sandra Farris-Land and husband, Kevin, of Whittier; grandchildren, Ricky Farris and wife, Michelle, of Columbia, S.C., Daniel Farris of Columbia, Joy Farris of Hickory, Jason Brooks of Bosie, Idaho, Jessica Brooks of West Lafette, Ind., Michelle McCoy and husband, Skooter, of Cherokee, Alyssa Land, Tristen Land, both of Whittier; four great-grandchildren, Spencer McCoy, Garrett McCoy, Emma McCoy and Gabrielle Merriken. The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Crisp Funeral Home. Ray Kinsland will officiate with burial in Campground Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.