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“ BRanCH

The WW II
his return, came running up uniforms that he him, an honor not given Army
the platform to welcome him and his wife wore to anyone else in all the
home, and the two walked over 70 years ago articles it has printed
across the prairie into Texas spanning over a century
and through the dark streets still hang in their in the life of this little
of Farwell. downstairs closet. town. Carrie Lane died in
Another soldier just home “ December 2014.
from the war, Carrie Lane Farwell’s
Levins, was also in town. She had been at favorite son continues
Oklahoma University when the Japanese running his farms and is
bombed Pearl Harbor and had also held in high regard by the
immediately joined the Army. Stationed thousands of people in and
throughout the war with the Quartermaster around Texico-Farwell who
Corps in Boston, Massachusetts, she carried have known him through the
the payroll to soldiers posted on the coast years. The WW II uniforms
with a satchel of that he and his wife wore
cash handcuffed over 70 years ago still
to her wrist, a hang in their downstairs
1911 Colt .45 on closet. They remind “Mr.
her hip, and two Farwell” of the beginning
armed soldiers as of the story of a long
company. blessed life.

Following her
own discharge
Carrie travelled
to her parents’
home. They had
moved to Texico
during the war,
and the small
town was the
backdrop for
her first meeting
with Bob Anderson in 1946. He graduated
from A&M in January 1948, and on October
9, 1949, they married. A 65-year-long
adventure began. Anderson worked at
Security State Bank, and worked his way
up the ladder from teller to president. The
couple raised two sons, Bob Scott and Will,
and two daughters, Meredith and Caroline.
After the children were grown, Bob and
Carrie Lane (both pilots) were able to visit
frequently in their own plane.

Anderson retired from the bank, and
enjoyed time with his beloved wife, their
grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
The hometown newspaper calls him
“Mister Farwell” when it writes about

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