Larry L Farmer

Larry was graduated from Duke University. He worked at Mountain Lake Biological Station run by UVA where he was awarded a National Science Foundation Fellowship. He taught at Mary Washington College and at Lynchburg College. He was active in the Lynchburg Bird Club and helped write “Fifty years of the Lynchburg Christmas Bird Count”, an article published in the state magazine, The Raven. He was a member of the Church of the Covenant. In 2017, he received the Peace Medal from the Lynchburg Peace Education Center Board. He said that one of his proudest moments was when he marched with Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1965. Above all, he was a kind, gentle, and loving man who will be missed by his family and friends.

He is survived by his son, Timothy Martin, of Cookeville City, TN and daughter, Rebecca Martin, of Red Boiling Springs, TN; godchildren, Mauro and Stella Castro Camargo of Berlin, Germany and Rachel Smith of Yorktown, VA; and many cousins.

A memorial service will be held at a later time by the Whitten Timberlake Chapel.