Grace Faris
SOUTH PITTSBURG Grace Burrows Faris, 92, died Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, at Cumberland Health and Rehab Center.The daughter of the late George Albert and Frankie Mae Brown Burrows, she was retired from the South Pittsburg Housing Authority. She was a member of Holly Avenue United Methodist Church and spent much of her free time crafting, painting, making afghans and ceramics. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Ervin W. Faris Jr.; brothers, Robert, John and Sam Burrows; sister, Mildred Holland; and grandson, William D. Rogers Jr.Survivors include her daughters, Linda (Bill) Rogers and Diana (Stanley) Chance; son, E.W. "Buster" (Glenda) Faris III, all of South Pittsburg, Tenn.; grandchildren, Melissa (Jason) Chance-Jones, of Hollywood, Ala., Leigh Ann Rogers (Clint Smith), of Suck Creek, Tenn., Joshua (Amanda) Chance, of South Pittsburg and Candy Anderson, of South Pittsburg; great-grandchildren, Andrew Tyler McLemore, of Hollywood, Ala., C.J. Anderson, of South Pittsburg, Lilian Grace Michel, of Suck Creek and Aibram Pierce Chance and Aliyda Leighella Wilson Nutter, both of South Pittsburg; brother, Buford "Buddy" (Bessie) Burrows, of Bridgeport, Ala.; sister, Margaret (Aaron) Lee, of Graysville, Tenn.; and several nieces and nephews.Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. CDT Thursday, Oct. 10, at Rogers Funeral Home in South Pittsburg, with the Rev. Bud Guess officiating.Interment will be in Cumberland View Cemetery.Condolences may be sent by visiting www.rogersfuneralhome.com.The family will receive friends from 3-9 p.m. CDT today, Oct. 9, at the funeral home.
Published October 9, 2013