ROY E. "TOAD" FARRAR, JR., age 85, of Dandridge, TN passed away Saturday, October 24, 2009 at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. 

He was destined for a life in funeral service, as he was born in Stetzer Funeral Home February 14, 1924.  Later that same year, his father and grandfather founded Farrar Funeral Home.

As a young man, he spent several years in Rogersville, TN attending school and assisting his Uncle Jack Taylor in the operation of Taylor Funeral Home.

A life-long funeral director, he was active in the Dandridge community where he was a charter member of the Dandridge Volunteer Fire Department and the Jefferson County Rescue Squad, and a member of the Dandridge Lions Club where he earned the Melvin Jones Fellow Award.  Among his other civic and community activities were memberships in Brazelton Lodge #190 F & AM, Scottish Rites Bodies, the Kerbela Shrine, the Dandridge First United Methodist Church, and the Tennessee Funeral Directors Association.  A man truly dedicated to Dandridge and Jefferson County through his many acts of service, he was awarded the Jefferson Countian of the Year Award in 2002.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Roy and Aileen Taylor Farrar, Sr.; sister, Elizabeth Farrar Smith; brother, Joe T. Farrar; sister-in-law, Jane Henry Farrar. 

He is survived by his wife, Helen (Pinky) Ward Farrar; daughter, Pam Farrar; sons, Roy E. (Rick) Farrar III, Jack and wife, Tammie Farrar; beloved grandchildren, Laura and Kelly Farrar, all of Dandridge; brothers, James C. Farrar and wife, Agnes of Jefferson City, Dr. Bill Farrar and wife, Frances of Brentwood, TN; sisters, Dorothy Smith and husband, Jim of Bethel Park, PA; Brenda Juntumen and husband, Frank of Everson, WA; sister-in-law, Betty Goforth Farrar of White Pine; several nieces and nephews; and  his many, many friends from Memphis to Mountain City. 

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, October 29, 2009 at First Baptist Church of Dandridge with selected clergy celebrating his life.  The family will receive friends Tuesday, October 27, 2009 from 6:00 until 9:00 p.m. and Wednesday, October 28, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Farrar Funeral Home in Dandridge, TN.  Family will also receive friends Thursday morning, October 29, 2009 from 9:00 until 12:00 noon at First Baptist Church prior to the service. Interment will follow the service in Hillcrest Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 8, Dandridge, TN 37725, or to the Town of Dandridge for the Toad Farrar Memorial Downtown Streetscape Fund, P. O. Box 249, Dandridge, TN 37725.