Louise B. Farris, 90, of Potomac Falls, Va., formerly of Hart County, died Nov. 7, 2007, at a Leesburg, Va., nursing home.
The Hart County native was born May 28, 1917. She was a very talented lady. She started as a beautician, then co-owner of Metcalfe Drugs with her late husband, Walter E. Farris, who was a pharmacist. She was a saleswoman in real estate. Although she was always a talented and crafty lady, in her later life she began painting. Mrs. Farris moved to Loudoun County, Va., in the fall of 1998, to be close to her family. She lived in Meadow Glen until moving to Heritage Hall. She was a daughter of the late James Washington Blakey and Vera Wood Waddell Blakey.
Survivors include a daughter, Nancy Farris Wills of Potomac Falls; a brother and sister-in-law, James and Hazel Blakey of New Braunfels, Texas; a grandson, Andrew Wills of Sterling, Va.; and several nieces and nephews.
Burial was in the Horse Cave Municipal Cemetery.
The Hart County native was born May 28, 1917. She was a very talented lady. She started as a beautician, then co-owner of Metcalfe Drugs with her late husband, Walter E. Farris, who was a pharmacist. She was a saleswoman in real estate. Although she was always a talented and crafty lady, in her later life she began painting. Mrs. Farris moved to Loudoun County, Va., in the fall of 1998, to be close to her family. She lived in Meadow Glen until moving to Heritage Hall. She was a daughter of the late James Washington Blakey and Vera Wood Waddell Blakey.
Survivors include a daughter, Nancy Farris Wills of Potomac Falls; a brother and sister-in-law, James and Hazel Blakey of New Braunfels, Texas; a grandson, Andrew Wills of Sterling, Va.; and several nieces and nephews.
Burial was in the Horse Cave Municipal Cemetery.
Louise B. Farris, 90, of Potomac Falls, Va., formerly of Hart County, died Nov. 7, 2007, at a Leesburg, Va., nursing home.
The Hart County native was born May 28, 1917. She was a very talented lady. She started as a beautician, then co-owner of Metcalfe Drugs with her late husband, Walter E. Farris, who was a pharmacist. She was a saleswoman in real estate. Although she was always a talented and crafty lady, in her later life she began painting. Mrs. Farris moved to Loudoun County, Va., in the fall of 1998, to be close to her family. She lived in Meadow Glen until moving to Heritage Hall. She was a daughter of the late James Washington Blakey and Vera Wood Waddell Blakey.
Survivors include a daughter, Nancy Farris Wills of Potomac Falls; a brother and sister-in-law, James and Hazel Blakey of New Braunfels, Texas; a grandson, Andrew Wills of Sterling, Va.; and several nieces and nephews.
Burial was in the Horse Cave Municipal Cemetery.
The Hart County native was born May 28, 1917. She was a very talented lady. She started as a beautician, then co-owner of Metcalfe Drugs with her late husband, Walter E. Farris, who was a pharmacist. She was a saleswoman in real estate. Although she was always a talented and crafty lady, in her later life she began painting. Mrs. Farris moved to Loudoun County, Va., in the fall of 1998, to be close to her family. She lived in Meadow Glen until moving to Heritage Hall. She was a daughter of the late James Washington Blakey and Vera Wood Waddell Blakey.
Survivors include a daughter, Nancy Farris Wills of Potomac Falls; a brother and sister-in-law, James and Hazel Blakey of New Braunfels, Texas; a grandson, Andrew Wills of Sterling, Va.; and several nieces and nephews.
Burial was in the Horse Cave Municipal Cemetery.
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