Dr. Henry Farrar, a pioneering medical missionary in Africa, died Feb. 22 in a Nashville, Tenn., hospital. He was 83.
Six days before his death, Farrar fell and hit his head after arriving at Carthage, Tenn., General Hospital where he worked. The fall caused a neck fracture and complications from which he never recovered.
In 1965 Farrar became the first located surgeon at Nigerian Christian Hospital, a church-supported medical mission in southeastern Nigeria. The West End Church of Christ in Nashville sponsored Farrar.
British physician Dr. Robert Whittaker succeeded Farrar 20 years later. Whittaker came to Nigeria after reading an article by Farrar inviting physicians to spend vacation time at the hospital.
At his bedside, Farrar’s family sang his favorite hymns, including “Let the Lower Lights be Burning” and “We’re Marching to Zion,” said daughter Marty Highfield.
Janice Bingham, associate professor in the College of Nursing at Harding University in Searcy, Ark., described Farrar as an “icon in medical missions.”
In a message to Farrar, Bingham wrote, “You have influenced literally thousands of people to serve the Great Physician in Africa.”
[The Christian Chronicle]
May his soul rest in peace. Death is our final destination in this journey called life. Some reach the destination early and others late
May you Rest in Peace. And thanks for coming over to Africa- God be with you.
With Love- Zambian
Rest in peace and thanks very much for your works in Zambia. ## 1 death is not our final destination, its the life we live pass this earthly and fresh(human) processes.. its a never ending journey towards the worlds of perfections (God).!!!!
yes we’re grateful to Him for the work he rendered and to the family for the sarifices they made to live and love the people of zambia.May God comfort them and richly bless them in years to come ad may His soul est in eternal peace with the Living God!
Chimala Mission is in Tanzania, not Zambia.