I posted the following obit to the Faris board, but wanted to be sure the folks on the Farris-L see it...so I will post here as well. Notice it lists her brother's name as "Faires" but her maiden name as "Faris". Goes to show there can be variations of spelling within the same family. Does anyone know who George Mason Faris' parents were? Thanks, Wanda Gaston Gazette Gastonia, NC February 21, 2003 GLADYS F. MCCARTER CLOVER, S.C. - Gladys Faris McCarter, 86, 103 Oak St., died Feb. 19, 2003, at White Oak Manor in York. She was born March 9, 1916, in York County, daughter of the late George Mason Faris and Clementine Bell Faris. FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday, M.L. Ford and Sons Funeral Home chapel INTERMENT: Woodside Cemetery. VISITATION: 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Mrs. McCarter was a longtime resident of Clover, SC, and the widow of Lindsay B. McCarter. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Clover, SC, a member of the Eastern Star, worked at the American Thread Co., and retired from Klear Knit, Inc. SURVIVORS: Daughter and son-inlaw, Melva Mc. & David Jones, Fairfax, VA; brother and sister-inlaw, Connie and Irene Faires, Clover, SC; three grandchildren, Lisa Buchanan, Fairfax, VA, Jeff Frye, Fairfax, VA, Rob Frye, Clover, SC; four great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; nieces and nephew. OFFICIATING CLERGY: Rev. Irvin Plowden Jr. MEMORIALS: White Oak Manor, 111 S. Congress St., York, SC, 29745; Alzheimer's Association, P.O. Box 7044, Columbia, SC 29202; or First United Methodist Church, 124 Bethel St., Clover, SC, 29710