IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Grace

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Farrior

Jul 17, 1930 — Dec 6, 2021

Obituary

Grace  Alexander  Farrior    age  91  was born  on   July  17,  1930     in   Burgaw,  North Carolina   and  grew  up  there.   She passed  away  peacefully  in  her sleep  on  the  afternoon  of  December  6,  2021  at  the   New  Hanover  Region  Medical

Center-  Hospice  Care  Center.   She was  the daughter   of  David  John  Farrior  and  Lela  Shaw  Johnson.   She lived  in  the  Washington,

D.C.  area  for most of her adult   life.

Grace   had been in  declining  health  for   about  14  years before  her  death   and her brother  Stanley  M.  Farrior  moved  her   to the  Wilmington,  N.C.   area   to be closer to  family   where she  lived  in  various   Nursing  Home   Facilities    due to  declining  health   for the rest of her life.

She  was a member  of the  Burgaw  Presbyterian  Church  growing up  as well  as  the rest of her family   and looked back   with  many  fond  memories  of the  early  part of her life   growing up   there.   Grace  was  the   eleventh   child  of  David  John Farrior  and  Lela  Shaw  Johnson  .    She  attended    grades  one  through  twelve  in  Burgaw,  North  Carolina.   She   became  a teacher   after  graduating    in  1952 from  Woman's  College   of  the  University  of  North  Carolina  in  Greensboro,  North Carolina  with  a  BS  Degree in  Physical  Education.  She  earned  a  graduate  Masters  Degree  in  Health  Education in  1969  at the  University  of  Maryland.

She  worked  as a   Therapist  at  the Seton  Psychiatric  Institute,  in  Baltimore,  Maryland;  and as a  Recreation  Leader  at the  Baltimore,  Maryland  Dept.   of  Recreation.   From  1957  to1972   she  was a  Health  Education  Teacher   in  the  Maryland  public  Schools.    After she finished  her  teaching career  she  was  a partner  in  the   Wash,  DC  area  providing   marketing   and officiating  services  for  non- professional   tennis  tournaments  which  she enjoyed  very  much.

Grace is survived by  one of her siblings  Dr.  Stanley  M.  Farrior a  retired  Dentist and his  wife  Julia.   She is also  survived  by many  nieces  and nephews . Her  parents  had  13  children.   She  was  preceded in   death  by  the  following:   Her  parents  and   Brothers:  David  John  Farrior  II I,  Charles  Owen  Farrior,  Edward  Milton  Farrior and,  wife  Elizabeth, Julian  Wade  Farrior and wife  Grace, Alan  Rivers  Farrior  and wife   Marie,  William  Vance  Farrior,  and  Joseph  Johnson  Farrior.   Sisters:  Rachel  Johnson  Farrior  and  husband  Carlyle,  Ruth  Marshall  Farrior  and  husband  Robert,  Mary  Anne  Farrior  and husband  Frederick,  and  Katherine  P. Farrior  Sister in law:  Ellen  Tucker  Farrior deceased  wife  of  Stanley  M.  Farrior.

A private family burial will be in Burgaw Cemetery.

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