This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kannan, Farris, Baxter, Mullen, Davis Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GeV.2ACEB/1811 Message Board Post: The Times-News Burlington, NC November 18, 2003 Margaret "Pee Wee" Kannan Farris WILSON – Margaret "Pee Wee" Kannan Farris, 85, passed gently from her earthly life to her heavenly home on Monday, November 17, 2003. Funeral Mass will be conducted by the Rev. Gregory P. Lowchy at 11:00 AM Wednesday, November 19, 2003 at St. Therese Catholic Church, 700 Nash St. NE, Wilson, NC. Burial will follow at Maplewood Cemetery. Widowed since July 1998, Margaret was the wife of Leslie A. Farris, owner/operator of the Golden Weed Restaurant. A devout Catholic, Margaret was the oldest living member of St. Therese Church. She was active in numerous church activities including the Altar Society, Bazaars, International Dinners, Choir, Welcoming Committee, and Bereavement. She was an active member of the Prime Timers. Honored 10 years ago by being chosen as a Life Time Member of the Wilson Woman‚s Club, Margaret served as an officer in all four departments and was treasurer of the American Home Department for 25 years. She remained an active member of the club until her illness in early 2003. All of her life, Margaret has given unselfishly to family, church and friends. Until her own illness, she cared for the sick, elderly and those less fortunate. She will always be remembered for her gracious personality, contagious laughter, welcoming hospitality and love of people. Surviving are two daughters, Jean Farris Baxter and husband, Sam, of Pine Knoll Shores and Pamela Farris Mullen and husband, Jim, of Greenville; a son, Ronald Andrew Farris of Gibsonville; a granddaughter, Lauren Elizabeth Farris of Gibsonville; and two grandsons, Andrew Parker Davis of Raleigh and Andrew Joseph Farris of Gibsonville. Also surviving are many nephews and nieces. The family will receive friends from 7-9 Tuesday, November 18, 2003 at Joyner‚s Funeral Home, 4100 US 264 A, Wilson, NC. At other times the family will be at the home, 904 Broad Street, Wilson, NC 27893. The family requests that donations be made to St. Therese Catholic Church in memory of Margaret Kannan Farris, which will be used to purchase a memorial for the church.