OBIT: Farar, Johnnie, 1971, Hopkins Co LAST RITES FOR JOHNNIE FARAR HELD SATURDAY Last rites were conducted for Johnnie E. Farar, 93, Saturday afternoon, May 29, at Beshear Funeral Home. The Rev. Jimmy Russell officiated. Burial was in Dunn Cemetary. Farar died at 8:20p.m. Wednesday, May 26, at Lone Oak Rest Home. He was born Feb. 11, 1878, son of the late Dan and Matilda Smith Farar. He was a member of the Lafayette Baptist Church. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Minnie Mitchell, Mrs. Effie Laffoon, and Mrs. Lena Stagner, all of this city, and Mrs. Delia Duncan, Chicago, Ill.; two sons, Otho Farar and Marlin Farar, both of this city; two sisters, Mrs. Daisy Orten, Christian County, and Mrs. Rosie Hicks, St. Charles; 23 grandchildren and several great and great-great grandchildren. Pallbearers were Junior Mitchell, Jimmy Stagner, Jimmy Farar, Ray Farar, Billy Duncan and Norman Laffoon. Reprinted from The Dawson Springs Progress, June, 1971 Submitted by: Peggy Jupp Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997