This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GeV.2ACEB/1779 Message Board Post: FARRIS GEORGE ABRAHAM Music Teacher Mr. George Abraham Farris died Monday, November 3, 2003 at the Silverado Senior Living Center in Encinitas, California. He was 81. Mr. Farris was a native of Meridian, Ms. and grew up in Vicksburg. He had lived in San Diego, California for the past 60 years. Mr. Farris was the son of the late Abraham and Zelpha Ellis Farris. Mr. Farris was a member of the Knights of Columbus of California, and was past President of the California Music Teacher Association. He served as Boy Scout Master and taught music at San Diego Public Schools. For several years, he donated his time, teaching without pay in the schools, when such funds became unavailable. For his service to the city, he was awarded a Community Leadership Award from Channel 10. He taught piano and violin lessons in his home to the age of 81. He always expressed a great love for teaching music and for his students. He felt that what he did was not like work for him, but was something on w! hich he thrived. His feelings have been reciprocated by the feelings of his students, many of whom brought their children to him for lessons, and maintained contact with him beyond their years as students. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his sister, Mary Farris Angelo; his brothers, Johnnie Farris and Mickey Farris. Survivors are three nephews, Robert Angelo, Brandon, Ms. Jim Angelo, Brandon, Ms. John Wade Farris, Madison, Ms.; two nieces, Donna Hardy, Vicksburg, Ms. Becky Collins, Dallas, Texas; host of great nieces and nephews. Mass of the resurrection will be at 11 a.m. Friday, November 7, 2003 at St. Paul Catholic Church with Father Patick Farrell pastor officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to the hour of services Friday at Frank J. Fisher Funeral Home in Vicksburg, Ms. Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on 11/7/2003. (volunteer submission)