This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Farris, Fisher, Booth, Smith Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GeV.2ACEB/1786 Message Board Post: Daily Oklahoman Oklahoman City, OK November 22, 2003 William Franklin Farris, 'PaPa Bill, 'Chief', was born on November 11, 1934. He passed from this life to eternal life on November 20, 2003, at the age of 69, after a valiant battle against cancer. He attended High School at Capitol Hill and Mustang. He retired from the Oklahoma Air National Guard as Chief Master Sergeant for the 205th EI Squadron. While in the Oklahoma Air National Guard he was recognized several times as Outstanding Guardsman. He was a member of the Mustang School Board for 15 years. He helped to start the first Little League baseball and football programs in Mustang. He was a committee member of Troop 396 B.S.A. in Mustang. He was an active member of the Masonic Fraternity at Mustang Lodge #407, where he served as secretary for 26 years. He was awarded the Masonic Medal of Honor by the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma. He was K.C.C. H. and a 33 degree member of the Scottish Rite Temple in Guthrie, Oklahoma where Bill served as Innkeeper. He was a member of the Nati! onal Sojourners of Masonry. Bill was a friend to everyone who knew him. Most members of the Mustang community were used to seeing him drive up and down Highway 152 in his old green 69 Chevy pickup as he went about working on his never ending list of projects. There was never a project that was too big or too little for him to tackle, all he had to do was 'cipher on it". He always loved his friends in the Air Guard and Masonic brothers. It was rare to ever go anywhere that he didn't meet and talk to someone he knew. At the temple in Guthrie he loved to visit with the 'little critters". He is survived by is wife of 51 years, 'Momma June". His daughter and son in law, Karen and Jerry Fisher of Mustang. His son Bill Farris, Jr. of Mustang. His two grandsons Greg Booth and Koka Booth, both of Mustang, both of whom attained the honor of Eagle Scout. He was so proud of that fact. His two great grandchildren, Kaleb Smith and Kaitlynn Booth. His third great grand child is expected i! n June of 2004. 'Daddy, you have always been and will always be our he ro, you were our heart and our soul". You always loved the song 'This Little Light of Mine". Every day you let your light shine on every one you came in contact with. Now your light is shining in Heaven. Funeral Services will be 2:00 PM Monday November 24, 2003 in the Chapel of the Good Shepherd , McNeil's Mustang Funeral Service, Mustang, Oklahoma with interment following in the Mustang Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Mustang Lodge #407, Bill Farris Memorial Fund in Mustang, Oklahoma.