Sergeant James Farley

The Tribune
Seymour, Indiana
Saturday, November 25, 1950
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James E. Farley is Promoted to Sergeant

James E. Farley, 300 Jeffersonville avenue, has been promoted to the grade of sergeant, officials at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, announced today.

Sergeant Farley enlisted here in the United States Air Force in January, 1947. After completing basic training, he was transferred to Guam, where he served with the 19th Bomb Group for two years. He is now engaged as a sheet metal worker with the 307th Maintenance Supply Group at MacDill Air Force Base.

The Tribune
Seymour, Indiana
Monday, September 24, 1951
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Rare Illness Fatal To Sgt. James Farley

A rare disease, Hodgkins' disease, for which there is no known cure, porved fatal shortly after noon Sunday at Camp Atterbury Base Hospital to Sergeant James Earl Farley, 21, whose mother, Mrs. Millie Campbell Farley Sweany, resides at 300 Jeffersonville Avenue.

Sgt. Farley, who enlisted in the U.S. Air Force early in 1947, at the age of 17, after attending Shields Junior High School, was stricken with the sidease, which causes enlargement of the lymph glands, about a year ago. He was hospitalized for treatment and underwent six surgical operations before being released for a 60-day rest leave. While home on leave, however, he became ill and was forced to enter the army hospital on August 1.

He was an aircraft mechanic and tailgunner stationed at McDill Air Force Base at Tampa, Florida, when he became ill.

Born December 25, 1929, in Putnam county, Tennessee, Sgt. Farley was never married.

In addition to the mother survivors include the father, W.C. Farley, of Columbus; and one sister Mrs. Mary Kate Schleibaum, of this city.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from the Voss Mortuary, with burial in Riverview Cemetery.

Military honors will be accorded by personnel from Atterbury Air Force Base.

Friends may call at the Voss Mortuary after 7 o'clock Tuesday night.