This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Howell, Farris, Cornett, Hays, Bryson, Moss, Medcalf, Johnson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GeV.2ACEB/2158 Message Board Post: George P. Farris March 29, 1917-March 24, 2006 Osawatomie Graphic Osawatomie, KS March 29, 2006 George P. Farris, 88, La Cygne, died Friday, March 24, 2006, in Life Care Center of Osawatomie. He was born March 29, 1917, in Waverly, Iowa, the son of John and Jennie Howell Farris. He was a graduate of La Cygne High School. Mr. Farris was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in World War II. During his working years, he operated a Mobil and Texaco station and Farris Tavern and was a rural mail carrier. He and Lucy Mae Cornett were married Dec. 21, 1942, in Garnett. She preceded him in death Oct. 11, 1997. Mr. Farris was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Others preceding him in death were a son, Ronald Farris; an infant daughter, Janice Marie; a granddaughter, Terry Lynn Hays; a great-grandson, Ayden Joseph Bryson; four brothers, Arthur, Neal, Mel and Clarence; and a sister, Minnie Ross. Survivors include his son, Bob Farris of Olathe; three daughters, Barbara Hays, Judy Medcalf and Georgia Lou Farris, all of La Cygne; a sister, Dorothy Johnson of Paola; 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and a special friend, Helen Cox. Services were Tuesday in the church. Burial was in Oak Lawn Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Special Olympics in care of Coffel-Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 304, La Cygne, KS 66040.