Posted: Saturday, June 22, 2002 1:00 am
Major Bert M. Farner Jr., 77, of 1511 Sunset Street, Orangeburg, died Thursday, June 20, 2002, at the V.A. Medical Center, Charleston.
The funeral will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday, June 24, at Thompson Funeral Home Chapel, Orangeburg, with Chaplain
John Painter officiating. Burial will be in Crestlawn Memorial Gardens, Orangeburg, with full military honors.
Pallbearers will be U.S. Military.
Major Farner was born Oct. 26, 1924, in Union, a son of the late Bert M. Farner Sr. and Venette Toney Farner. He served in the U.S. Army for 26 years and retired as a Major. He was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of The D.A.V., the V.F.W., the Woodmen of the World and the Reserve Officers Club. He was preceded in death by a sister, Nathalee Johnson and a brother, W.T. Farner.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Vernon Dukes Farner of Orangeburg; a daughter, Deborah Law of Cayce; a son, Stanley B. Farner of Cayce; three stepsons, John Cecchini of Powder Springs, Ga., Frederick Cecchini of Columbia and Rosario Cecchini of Orangeburg; a brother, R.C. Farner of Union; nine step grandchildren; nine step great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.
Posted: Saturday, June 22, 2002 1:00 am
Major Bert M. Farner Jr., 77, of 1511 Sunset Street, Orangeburg, died Thursday, June 20, 2002, at the V.A. Medical Center, Charleston.
The funeral will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday, June 24, at Thompson Funeral Home Chapel, Orangeburg, with Chaplain
John Painter officiating. Burial will be in Crestlawn Memorial Gardens, Orangeburg, with full military honors.
Pallbearers will be U.S. Military.
Major Farner was born Oct. 26, 1924, in Union, a son of the late Bert M. Farner Sr. and Venette Toney Farner. He served in the U.S. Army for 26 years and retired as a Major. He was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of The D.A.V., the V.F.W., the Woodmen of the World and the Reserve Officers Club. He was preceded in death by a sister, Nathalee Johnson and a brother, W.T. Farner.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Vernon Dukes Farner of Orangeburg; a daughter, Deborah Law of Cayce; a son, Stanley B. Farner of Cayce; three stepsons, John Cecchini of Powder Springs, Ga., Frederick Cecchini of Columbia and Rosario Cecchini of Orangeburg; a brother, R.C. Farner of Union; nine step grandchildren; nine step great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.
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