Jimmie Farrell

Jim was a wonderful volunteer at Duke Regional Hospital for more than 15 year before retiring from service in 2019. He was a friend to everyone here--he always smiling and saying a kind word. I appreciated his help so much in 2012 as a new leader of volunteers. Words can't quantify how sad I am to hear of his passing. Praying for peace and comfort for his family. He will be missed by so many.

Just learned of Jim´s passing and it breaks my heart that I wasn´t there for you all and for him. Jim gave me an unusual job opportunity in the 90s because he believed in me. More importantly, he taught me to believe in myself. "First you´ve got to want to" and "You´ve got to have fun with it" are Jim quotes that were so helpful for me, I now find myself giving the same hope to our younger generation. Jim made me promise never to tell that he provided food boxes for my daughter and me when I couldn´t make ends meet. Jim was an exceptional mentor and a dear friend. My thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Jim was the one of the first people who greeted me with a warm smile and "hello" when I visited Renew Church for the first time. I will always remember him as the friendly gentleman who made my day every Sunday. Jim and Lib always made me feel so welcome. I was blessed to have met Jim. I wish I would have been at Renew more often the past month to talk to him more. I never would have imagined my last conversation with him would be the last.

When I was a teenager, my mom, who was battling cancer at the time, was being seen in the ER at Duke Hospital, when she suddenly had an additional seizure. I was scared and ran out of the room. At first I looked and didn´t see anyone but in the next moment, Jim had pulled me into his arms to hug me as I cried. I wasn´t sure how he knew where we were or how he had gotten there so quickly, but that was the moment I had considered him to be my guardian angel in that time; a moment I will forever cherish in my memories.