The
Blairsville, GA
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December 12, 2001 Page 4B
Mrs. Ann
Strong Farabee, age 73, of Blairsville, GA, passed away Sunday, December 9,
2001, in Northside Hospital in Atlanta.
Mrs.
Farabee was born in Lee County, Florida, on Tuesday, May 1, 1928, a daughter of
Joe Strong and Wilma Welch Strong. Mrs.
Farabee had lived in Blairsville since 1977, moving here from Miami, FL. Mrs. Farabee was a teacher and had retired
from Dade County School system in1977.
In addition to being a teacher, Ann was head of the Social Science
Department at Miami Central High School.
She was very active in the Union County Historical Society, having
served a number of times as president, and as board member. Mrs. Farabee was responsible for getting the
Union County Historical Society Museum established, as well as being
instrumental in the old courthouse renovation, in all its various phases. Ann was a member of First United Methodist
Church of Union County, and was active in United Methodist Women and was a past
president of the Blairsville garden Club.
She was also a member of The Georgia Association of Museum and Art
Galleries.
She is
survived by her husband of 54 years, Maurice F. Farabee, of Blairsville; son,
Joe Farabee, of homestead, FL; son and daughter-in-law, Ted and Deborah
Farabee, of Reston, VA; and son and daughter-in-law, John and Trudy Farabee, of
Blairsville; sister, Leatrice Strong Bostic, of Geneva, AL; six grandchildren:
Amanda and Joshua Farabee, Jamie, Vicky, and Kevin Cook, and Heather
Farabee. Many friends and other
relatives also survive.
Funeral
services are scheduled for Thursday, December 13, 2001, at 2 p.m. from first
United Methodist Church of union County, with Rev. Eddie Herring and Rev. James
Moor officiating. Visitation at the
funeral home will begin on Wednesday night, from 6-9 p.m. Interment will be in Union Memory Gardens.
In lieu
of flowers, family suggests memorials be made to Union Co. Historical Society,
for the continuing care of the museum.
Cochran
Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of arrangements.