Willie Jane Hackney Farrar beloved daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, and sister departed this weary land to be with the Lord on November 27, 2010 with her children at her bedside. Willie was 76. She was the wife of the late James Harry Farrar. Willie was preceded in death by two of her children, Mark and Debra, and a grandson, Johnathan.

Those left to cherish her memory include three daughters, and two sons; Harriett Parrish (George); Margie Farrar-Simpson (Ken); Mary Grooms (John); James (Judy) and Johnny; three sisters; Mary Ann Scott, Fannie Lee Timberlake, and Melinda Bea Bruce; 12 grandchildren, Janelle, Tamisha, Brian, Chay, Quentin, Robert, Victoria, Latasha, Jonnay, Drew, Mark and Jordan; eight sisters-in-law Mattie Price, Alice Waddy, Lucille Bratcher, Veronica Keys, Loraine Farrar, Janet Farrar, Mattie Hackney, and Phyliss Hackney; Barry Jackson, son-in law; three brothers-in-law, Eugene Farrar, Thomas Bruce, and Leroy Price; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives and friends.

Willie, the youngest daughter of William and Sarah Jane Hackney, was a 1952 graduate of S. C. Abrams High School. She was baptized and joined the County Line Baptist Church. After her marriage to James she transferred her membership to Galilee Baptist Church where she sang as a member of the Senior Choir.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 2, 2010 at 1 o'clock p.m. at the Galilee Baptist Church, Kents Store, Virginia. Rev. Otis Spellman will deliver the eulogy.