Gayland Farrow Obituary (2021)

Gayland Lee Farrow, age 85, died peacefully at his home in Summit, Utah. He was born January 11, 1936 in Cedar City, Utah to Raymond Lee and Jean Walker Farrow. A few days after he was born his family, and other relatives went to Delamar, Nevada an old gold mining town (now no longer in existence) where some members of the family operated a gold mine and other members worked in the Smelter. The family left Delamar in April 1941 and returned to Utah where his father used the money, he made from the gold mine to buy a 600-acre farm. He attended schools in Cedar City, Utah and graduated from Cedar City High School in 1954 and the College of Southern Utah in 1961. Gayland was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints where he served in various positions. Gayland was an avid sports fan and loved to watch sports, both live and on Television. He was a rabid BYU follower and for several years a Utah JAZZ fan. He enjoyed writing verse about events that inspired him. He devoted many hours to keeping a written record of his life and left several volumes of his personal history. For several years he and his wife would take a trip to various places each summer. Traveling about the United States. One year they went to the British Isles. He married Carolyn Purvis December 5, 1958 in Memphis, Tennessee. Divorced, then they remarried October 20, 1961 in Lake Village, Arkansas. This marriage was later solemnized in the St. George Temple October 20, 1964. He is survived by his wife Carolyn of Summit, two sons and a daughter, Scott Edward Farrow of Amissville, Virginia, Paula-Jean Muckey, of Bullhead City, Arizona, and Gregory Lee Farrow of Salt Lake City, Utah, two sisters Mrs. Marc (Margie) Allton, of Meridian, Idaho, Mrs. Charles (Francis) Corder, of St. George, Utah and two brothers, Richard R. Farrow, La Verkin, Utah, and Dennis W. Farrow of Cedar City, Utah. A viewing will be held July 15th 2021 at 10:00am LDS Chapel; Summit Utah Funeral services are July 15th 2021 at 11:00am LDS Chapel; Summit Utah Interment will be in the Summit Cemetery under the direction of Val Williams and Southern Utah Mortuary. Online condolences can be sent at www.sumortuary.com. To plant Memorial Trees in memory of Gayland Lee Farrow, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store.