Higher Ground.
I wrote this song many years ago to express my grief for the loss of a real true friend.
Timothy Wayne Moore
Tim was one of the very first friends Mary and I made when we first moved here and began attending the Bluegrass jams at the Rheatown Market in Rheatown, TN. His keen sense of humor and wit will be missed by so many friends he had. Tim was a wonderful man and we will miss him dearly. He was such a likeable guy. Rest in Peace, our friend.
08/23/1957 - 12/28/2011
Lois "Aggie" Perkins
The following obituary was taken from the Press Republican of Plattsburgh, NY. "Aggie" was the beloved mother of my very close friends Donald and Phyllis (Ezero) Perkins and Phillip Perkins and their families. My heart goes out to them in this time of loss.
PLATTSBURGH — Lois Mabel Lawrence Perkins, aka "Aggie," age 100, passed away at the CVPH Medical Center, Plattsburgh, N.Y., on Nov. 22, 2011.
Born in Wilmington on May 23, 1911, she was the daughter of Leslie and Mabel Stringham Lawrence.
Lois was a resident of Lake Placid for many years. In addition to being a homemaker, she worked as a chambermaid for various motels in the Lake Placid area, cleaned summer camps for the S.S. Pierce family, the Honorable Judge Joseph Proskauer, Elizabeth "Kate" Smith and Kate's manager Ted Collins, worked at Camp Minnowbrook, aka "The Music Trail" and was a nurses aid at Uihlein Mercy Center Nursing Home. Lois moved to Plattsburgh in 1979. The highlight of her working career was the time spent at Little Caesar's Pizza. She started there in December of 1982 and retired (a second time) in 1996 at the ripe age of 85. She was a founding member of the Perkins Family Band and played piano for many square dances in the North Country. She loved music and was always one of the first to get out on the dance floor.
Survivors include her children: Philip (Sharon) Perkins of Lake Placid, Donald (Pat) Perkins of Chazy, Dewey (Emilie) Perkins of Plattsburgh, Phyllis (Joseph) Ezero of Plattsburgh; ten grandchildren: Lois Fischer, Philip Perkins Jr., Linda Reyell, Danielle Perkins, Melissa Perkins, Donald Perkins Jr., Daryl Perkins, Donnell Perkins, Daniel Ezero and Lesley Ezero; 19 great-grandchildren; and two Great-great-grandchildren; her sister, Betty (Jim) Safford of Scotia; and many nieces and nephews. He is also survived by a brother-in-law, Gerald (Mary Jane) Perkins of North Carolina and Tennessee.
She was predeceased by her husband, Francis Perkins, on July 28, 1979; one son, David Perkins on March 9, 2011; two children in early infancy; and one grandson, Brian Perkins, on Aug. 28, 1980; three brothers: Lee Lawrence, Herbert Lawrence and David Lawrence; and six sisters: Laura Haselton, Virginia Mitchell, Josephine Horning, Bernice Cook, Alice Bickford and Luella Ogden.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of ones choice. Relatives and friends are invited to join in a celebration of Lois' life at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Clark Funeral Home in Lake Placid. The funeral will follow at noon at the funeral home with Pastor Michael Saunders, Crossway Community Church, Willow Grove, Pa., officiating. Burial will be in the North Elba Cemetery.
Dave Weaver.
Dave loved to play at the Rheatown Store in Rheatown and at the Sunshine Kitchen in Greeneville. He was very quiet and laid back and mostly played along with others, although once in a while when pressed to take the lead, he would sing a couple of his favorites. I enjoyed him very much. He was a true gentleman and I will miss him. He will be missed by all the many musicians and friends he's touched along the way. May you rest in peace, Dave.
John Tolbert.
John P. Tolbert September 15, 2011 Adirondack Daily Enterprise SARANAC LAKE - John Patrick Tolbert, 87, a lifelong resident of Saranac Lake passed into eternal rest on Sept. 13, 2011 at C.V.P.H Medical Center in Plattsburgh.
Born May 6, 1924 in Saranac Lake, John was the son of Chester and Elizabeth (Coulon) Tolbert. His boyhood was filled with many beloved pets and adventures in the great outdoors. He spent his summers at the fire tower on Ampersand Mountain where his father was the fire observer.
A graduate of St. Bernard's School and Saranac Lake High School, John was a Cavalry soldier in the United States Army during World War II seeing action throughout the Pacific Theater. After his honorable discharge from the army, John was in the first graduating class of Paul Smith's College. He then went on to earn his bachelor's and master's degree in bacteriology from Syracuse University.
Throughout his career as a Clinical Laboratory Director, John worked at the Saranac Lake General Hospital, Lake Placid Hospital, Elizabethtown Community Hospital and the Keene Valley Hospital. An avid horseman and hunter as well as a talented musician, John will be remembered by all who knew him for his quick wit, his story telling genius, and above all for his abiding kindness.
Special thanks to the staff at CVPH for the compassion and care they provided to John and his family in his final days.
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law Janet and Brian Howard of Brunswick; his granddaughter Kate Siobhan Howard of Brooklyn; his grandson Corporal Eamon Conor Howard of Fort Lewis, Wash.; his granddaughter Anne Elizabeth Howard of Brunswick; his nephew and niece Hugh and Marie Law of Saranac Lake; his longtime companion Eleanor Gauthier of Saranac Lake; as well as many dear nieces, nephews, cousins and brother and sister-in-laws.
John was predeceased by beloved wife Dorothy Marie Sawyer Tolbert.
Calling hours will take place from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16 at the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian burial will take place at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17 at St. Bernard's Church. Burial will follow at St. Bernard's Cemetery in Saranac Lake.
Friends wishing to remember John Patrick Tolbert may make memorial contributions to Tri-Lakes Humane Society in care of the funeral home. Family and friends can also share their memories and sign the online guestbook at fortunekeoughfuneralhome.com.
Born May 6, 1924 in Saranac Lake, John was the son of Chester and Elizabeth (Coulon) Tolbert. His boyhood was filled with many beloved pets and adventures in the great outdoors. He spent his summers at the fire tower on Ampersand Mountain where his father was the fire observer.
A graduate of St. Bernard's School and Saranac Lake High School, John was a Cavalry soldier in the United States Army during World War II seeing action throughout the Pacific Theater. After his honorable discharge from the army, John was in the first graduating class of Paul Smith's College. He then went on to earn his bachelor's and master's degree in bacteriology from Syracuse University.
Throughout his career as a Clinical Laboratory Director, John worked at the Saranac Lake General Hospital, Lake Placid Hospital, Elizabethtown Community Hospital and the Keene Valley Hospital. An avid horseman and hunter as well as a talented musician, John will be remembered by all who knew him for his quick wit, his story telling genius, and above all for his abiding kindness.
Special thanks to the staff at CVPH for the compassion and care they provided to John and his family in his final days.
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law Janet and Brian Howard of Brunswick; his granddaughter Kate Siobhan Howard of Brooklyn; his grandson Corporal Eamon Conor Howard of Fort Lewis, Wash.; his granddaughter Anne Elizabeth Howard of Brunswick; his nephew and niece Hugh and Marie Law of Saranac Lake; his longtime companion Eleanor Gauthier of Saranac Lake; as well as many dear nieces, nephews, cousins and brother and sister-in-laws.
John was predeceased by beloved wife Dorothy Marie Sawyer Tolbert.
Calling hours will take place from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16 at the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian burial will take place at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17 at St. Bernard's Church. Burial will follow at St. Bernard's Cemetery in Saranac Lake.
Friends wishing to remember John Patrick Tolbert may make memorial contributions to Tri-Lakes Humane Society in care of the funeral home. Family and friends can also share their memories and sign the online guestbook at fortunekeoughfuneralhome.com.
James H. Miller, Jr.
Shortly after moving here, Mary and I both made friends with James Miller. He was a talented musician and a truly gifted songwriter. We both enjoyed his friendship, talent, honesty and humor. James passed away from a massive heart attack Monday, 26th of July, 2011. We will miss him very much. May he rest in Peace.
Tim Farrell
Lucky Tim Farrell
SOUTH CHINA -- Lucky Tim Farrell, 72, of South China died Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010, at his home, surrounded by his family and friends. He was born in Augusta, one of six children of Alfred and Marie Bourg Farrell. Lucky was a floor consultant, but his true love was playing the fiddle, which he did for more than 60 years. He was self-employed.He loved to hunt and fish, driving his motor home to the Jackman area to outfish Dad (Carl Rideout). He and his wife, Kandy, owned and organized Weeks Mills in Music festivals for community purposes, which they did for 15 years. He was well-known for his fiddle playing. He had been playing the fiddle since the age of 8, when he played backup on WRDO radio in Augusta. During his high school days, he and his brother Tommy put together a road show and played Grange halls, churches and high schools in the area. After high school, he went to work for Curly O'Brien on Channel 2 in Bangor. He worked with Shorty Thomas and the Country Caravan and Fred Pike and the Kennebec Valley Boys on Channel 5, doing double shows with many artists such as Patsy Cline, Hank Snow, Bill Monroe, Doc Williams, Little Jimmy Dickens and many others. He played for the Porter Wagner show while traveling in Canada. In more recent years, he had played from Maine to Florida with several bands and in 1979 was backup for Doc Williams in Wheeling, W.Va. He spent time in Nashville doing studio recordings and worked with the legendary Buddy Spicher on his radio show, playing the twin fiddle.
Tim won the New England Fiddle Championship in 1970. In 1981 he won the Maine Country Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year. He was awarded Maine's Best Country Music Songwriter and Best Recording by Down East Country Music Association in 1982, Instrumentalist of the Year 2009, Living Legend 2009, Proclamation from State of Maine and many other awards. He had recorded two singles and six CDs.
Lucky and his wife were foster parents for more than 10 years. Their love of children and the need to help others made them both very happy. He is survived by the love of his life, his wife, Karlene Ann Farrell, of South China; six daughters, Debbie Farrell of Florida, Kary Farrell of North Carolina, Kelly Cloutier and her husband, Adam, of Palermo, Katina Paquette of China, Kristi Albert and her husband, Kurt, of Gorham and Bobbi-Jo McKinnis and her companion, Craig, of Windsor; 17 grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Visiting hours will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22, at Staples Funeral Home, 53 Brunswick Ave., Gardiner where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday. Burial will follow in Litchfield Plains Cemetery.
Published in Kennebec Journal on October 21, 2010
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SOUTH CHINA -- Lucky Tim Farrell, 72, of South China died Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010, at his home, surrounded by his family and friends. He was born in Augusta, one of six children of Alfred and Marie Bourg Farrell. Lucky was a floor consultant, but his true love was playing the fiddle, which he did for more than 60 years. He was self-employed.He loved to hunt and fish, driving his motor home to the Jackman area to outfish Dad (Carl Rideout). He and his wife, Kandy, owned and organized Weeks Mills in Music festivals for community purposes, which they did for 15 years. He was well-known for his fiddle playing. He had been playing the fiddle since the age of 8, when he played backup on WRDO radio in Augusta. During his high school days, he and his brother Tommy put together a road show and played Grange halls, churches and high schools in the area. After high school, he went to work for Curly O'Brien on Channel 2 in Bangor. He worked with Shorty Thomas and the Country Caravan and Fred Pike and the Kennebec Valley Boys on Channel 5, doing double shows with many artists such as Patsy Cline, Hank Snow, Bill Monroe, Doc Williams, Little Jimmy Dickens and many others. He played for the Porter Wagner show while traveling in Canada. In more recent years, he had played from Maine to Florida with several bands and in 1979 was backup for Doc Williams in Wheeling, W.Va. He spent time in Nashville doing studio recordings and worked with the legendary Buddy Spicher on his radio show, playing the twin fiddle.
Tim won the New England Fiddle Championship in 1970. In 1981 he won the Maine Country Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year. He was awarded Maine's Best Country Music Songwriter and Best Recording by Down East Country Music Association in 1982, Instrumentalist of the Year 2009, Living Legend 2009, Proclamation from State of Maine and many other awards. He had recorded two singles and six CDs.
Lucky and his wife were foster parents for more than 10 years. Their love of children and the need to help others made them both very happy. He is survived by the love of his life, his wife, Karlene Ann Farrell, of South China; six daughters, Debbie Farrell of Florida, Kary Farrell of North Carolina, Kelly Cloutier and her husband, Adam, of Palermo, Katina Paquette of China, Kristi Albert and her husband, Kurt, of Gorham and Bobbi-Jo McKinnis and her companion, Craig, of Windsor; 17 grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Visiting hours will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22, at Staples Funeral Home, 53 Brunswick Ave., Gardiner where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday. Burial will follow in Litchfield Plains Cemetery.
Published in Kennebec Journal on October 21, 2010
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IN MEMORY OF
My Musician & Picking Friends Who Have Passed On (including some who simply loved music)
Albert Warner (my Dad)
Shirley Warner (my Mom)
Pauline Hixon (my Aunt)
Lawrence B. Hixon (my Uncle)
Jeremiah Lewis
John Nye
Wallace Pete Richardson
Clarence & Carrie Bevins
Amy Gristede
Charlie Bennett
Will Challet
John Bertrand
Brian Mason
Duane Mason
Slim Tanner
Lawrence Kahel
Andy Pawlenko
Francis Pierce
Wilbur Stewart
Bud Feinberg
Dave Deyo
Ray Manley
Don Towers
Danny & Carol Rumpf
Paul Bowden
Fred Pike
Bob Paisley
Jim Pepper
Rollie Swinton
Dick "Daddy" Richards
Tiny Martin
Bill Sage
Junior Strack
Bobby Strack
Billy Strack
Chan Goodnow
Addie Saunders
Clinton & Mildred Grant
Shirley Wallace
Kathy Wallace
Leo Brown
Ralph Le Clair
Wesley Ross
Wilkie Bashaw
Doug Knight
Linda Ralph
Jack Gowan
Cliff & Bobbe Erdman
Ken Oakley
Tim Farrell
"Smiley" Willette
John "Whitey" Keese
Kenny Baker
Tom Kuhne
James Miller
John Tolbert
Dave Weaver
Linda Baker-Wolfe
Charlie Cornick
Lois "Aggie" Perkins
Gerald (Jerry) Ormsby
Russ Beede
James C. Smith
Shirley Warner (my Mom)
Pauline Hixon (my Aunt)
Lawrence B. Hixon (my Uncle)
Jeremiah Lewis
John Nye
Wallace Pete Richardson
Clarence & Carrie Bevins
Amy Gristede
Charlie Bennett
Will Challet
John Bertrand
Brian Mason
Duane Mason
Slim Tanner
Lawrence Kahel
Andy Pawlenko
Francis Pierce
Wilbur Stewart
Bud Feinberg
Dave Deyo
Ray Manley
Don Towers
Danny & Carol Rumpf
Paul Bowden
Fred Pike
Bob Paisley
Jim Pepper
Rollie Swinton
Dick "Daddy" Richards
Tiny Martin
Bill Sage
Junior Strack
Bobby Strack
Billy Strack
Chan Goodnow
Addie Saunders
Clinton & Mildred Grant
Shirley Wallace
Kathy Wallace
Leo Brown
Ralph Le Clair
Wesley Ross
Wilkie Bashaw
Doug Knight
Linda Ralph
Jack Gowan
Cliff & Bobbe Erdman
Ken Oakley
Tim Farrell
"Smiley" Willette
John "Whitey" Keese
Kenny Baker
Tom Kuhne
James Miller
John Tolbert
Dave Weaver
Linda Baker-Wolfe
Charlie Cornick
Lois "Aggie" Perkins
Gerald (Jerry) Ormsby
Russ Beede
James C. Smith
