Here’s an update from Logan Hickman, organizer of the Campbell County Good Scout Award Dinner:

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – The Campbell County Good Scout Award Dinner is now scheduled for Thursday, May 7, 2020, at 6:00 PM.  The committee is excited to honor Dr. James  Farris. We will still meet at the Ball Farm Event Center, 2107 General Carl W. Stiner Highway, LaFollette.  We hope this date fits into your schedule.  (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 03/14/2020-5PM)

Dr. James “Doc” Farris

LaFollette, Tennessee, February 9, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – Logan Hickman, chairman of the thirteenth annual Boy Scouts of America Campbell County Good Scout Award Dinner, is pleased to announce that the 2020 honoree is longtime Campbell County resident Dr. James (Doc) Farris.

Dr. Farris has practiced medicine in our county since 1970.  This yearly ceremony and dinner will occur at the Ball Farm Event Center, 2107 General Carl W. Stiner Highway, LaFollette on Thursday, March 19, 2020, at 6:00 PM.  The money raised at the event will support Campbell County scouting in 2020.  This yearly dinner has evolved into Campbell County’s premier recognition banquet.

Dr. Farris grew up in Campbell County and graduated from LaFollette High School in 1957.  He was involved in Beta Club, Key Club, Boys State, the Band, and Boy Scouts.  After studying pre-medicine at the University of Tennessee (UT), Knoxville, he attended UT Medical School in Memphis and finished in December 1963.  He did his residency training at University Hospital at Knoxville and at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.  He served in the Air Force and was Chief of Medicine at K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base south of the city of Marquette in Michigan.  In 1970, he returned to LaFollette.  From 1970 to 1997, he was in private practice at the LaFollette Medical Center where he established the Coronary Care Unit.  Service next came at the UT Internal Medicine of LaFollette where he practiced medicine until 2018.  Dr. Farris now practices medicine at the Tennova LaFollette Medical Center Clinic and is a  Fellow of the American College of Physicians.

His service to our community includes membership at the LaFollette First Baptist Church.  He also is the president of the LaFollette Medical Foundation, a member of the Tennessee Medical Association, and served as the First National Bank of LaFollette board chairman.  His personal interests include amateur radio, American Civil War history, and the violin.

Dr. Farris is the son of the late Clarence and Nannie Lou Farris.  He is married to the former Nancy Penn of Knoxville.  They have three children, Scott, Jim, Rena and husband, Jim Gormley.  Additionally, he has five grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Peoples Bank of the South is proud to underwrite the dinner’s expense for the thirteenth year.  The bank understands the hugely important impact scouting has on the boys and girls of Campbell County.

The previous award recipients are Mr. Edward Balloff, Mrs. Juanita Baird, Colonel Tommy C. Stiner, the five Baird brothers, General Carl W. Stiner, the Campbell County Honor Guard, Mr. Lansden E. Hill, the Campbell County High School football team coaching staff, Mr. Mike Malicote, Mr. John T. Reynolds, Mr. Hack Ayers, and Pastor Ronnie Arnold.

Contact:

Logan Hickman, Dinner Chairman

Peoples Bank of the South; 423-871-1975; loganh@pbsouth.com

(WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 02/09/2020-8:15PM)

One Reply to “Campbell County Good Scout Award Dinner moved to May 7”

  1. THAT IS SUCH AN HONOR….SO GLAD YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE BOY SCOUTS…YOU HAVE BEEN A VALUED DOCTOR IN LAFOLLETTE….SO GLAD I WAS IN BAND WITH YOU…I WAS A SENIOR AND YOU WERE A JUNIOR…ALWAYS SO FRIENDLY…..AND WE HAD A LOT OF FUN IN BAND….REMEMBER MR. KARL SMITH, WAS OUR BAND DIRECTOR…

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