Cecil Murray "Buck" Farrington

SALISBURY - Mr. Cecil Murray "Buck" Farrington died Wednesday, June 21, 2006, at the Old North Carolina Lutheran Home in Salisbury. He was 86 years old and had been ill for three weeks. Buck was born March 2, 1920, in Salisbury to the late Arie John Farrington and Clarice Hill Farrington. He was married for 65 years to Ruby Odessa Holshouser Farrington. They were married in Danville, Va., on July 13, 1941. Before his illness, they resided at Trinity Oaks in Salisbury. He served seven years from 1940 to 1947 during World War II in the U.S. Navy. He was a member of Livengood-Peeler-Wood American Legion Post 448 and Christiana Lutheran Church. He worked for more than 30 years at the Salisbury Post. He was preceded in death by a son, James David Farrington, on Aug. 22, 1999. He is survived by his children, daughter Clarice Farrington Einstein and husband Freddy of Advance; son Dr. Cecil Murray Farrington Jr. and wife Monica of Salisbury; and daughter-in-law Ann Farrington, also of Salisbury. There are seven grandchildren, Greg and Janet Einstein and Chip and Amy Einstein of Winston-Salem; Brad and Maggie Farrington of Boone; and Haley and Diego Ascosta of Charlotte; Murray, Madeleine and Maryclaire Farrington of Salisbury; and T.J. Heffner of Hilton Head, S.C. He has two great-grandchildren, Brandon and Nikki Einstein of Winston-Salem. Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today, June 22, at Lyerly Funeral Home in Salisbury. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday, June 23, at Christiana Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Carl M. Haynes, pastor, and the Rev. Richard Holshouser officiating. Burial will follow in the family plot of the church cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Elevator Fund of Christiana Lutheran Church, 6190 U.S. Hwy. 52, Salisbury, NC 28146.