By Staff
ATMORE – Fielden Howard “Pete” Farrar, 88, of Atmore died Friday, May 29, 2009 in Fairhope.
He was an avid sportsman, a Game Warden with the Dept of Conservation in 1957 and was appointed as Southeastern Field Representative with the National Wildlife Federation, where he retired from. He was a native of Canoe, born on Sept. 24, 1920 to the late W.D. and Martha Kemp Dailey Farrar. Mr. Pete attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn University) from 1938 to 1941. He left college after Pearl Harbor was attacked and served with the Army Air Corp 13th Air Force, 18th fighter wing, 44th fighter bomber as staff Sergeant, he served in New Guinea and other duty stations within the Philippine Island, returning home after news of the allied victory spread to the field troops in the South Pacific. He was also very active in the Atmore Community. He established the First Men’s Group at the Atmore United Methodist Church, was a past president of the local Lion’s Club, served as an officer in the Christian Care Center and was involved with the Meals on Wheels program.
Two sisters, Geraldine Turner and Margaret Stallworth preceded him in death.
Survivors include, his wife, Alice Chapman Farrar and her three daughters; his son, Alvin Howard Farrar of Tallahassee, Fla. and his daughter, Martha Farrar Pickett of Fairhope; five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 31, 2009 from Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jim Reece officiating. Interment followed in Oak Hill cemetery.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home, Inc. was in charge of all arrangements.