Harold Daws Farris USAF Col. Ret.

Hal graduated from Uvalde High School in 1941, earned a bachelors degree in Aeronautical Engineering and a masters degree in Engineering from Texas A & M University, and did work toward a PhD degree in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.

Hal served in the US Army Air Corps as a B-17 pilot flying 35 missions during WWII. He served as Squadron Operations Officer and Instructor Pilot, flying 88 missions in South Vietnam. After retiring from the Air Force in 1974, Col. Farris returned to Uvalde where he became Chairman of the Science & Mathematics Division of Southwest Texas Junior College, teaching Mathematics, Physics, and Aviation. He retired from the College in 1986.

He was a 60-year member of American Legion Post #26 in Uvalde.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Charles L. Farris and Anna Jane Knibbe Farris; his brothers, Oliver D. Farris and Jack D. Farris; and first wife, Anna Mae Gaskins Farris.

He is survived by his loving wife, Edith K. Farris; son, Richard H. Farris of Georgia; daughters, Peggy Ken Porter of Ohio, Robin Richard Eanes of Austin, and Kris Kyle Brown of Luling; sister, JoAnn Farris Goodell of Austin; seven grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He will be sorely missed.