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Born- Saugus, Massachusetts, 1915;
Died- Ashland, Mississippi, 1994.

Personal
Married to Orene Ellis Farese
Four Children: John Booth Farese, Jacqueline Kay Farese Turner, Steven Ellis Farese, Sr., Jeffrey Haimes Farese Baptist Mason
Holmes Junior College football team.
University of Mississippi baseball team and boxing team.
U. S. Army Air Corps, Captain (1941-1945)

Professional
Admitted to practice: U. S. Supreme Court; U. S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U. S. District Courts Northern and Southern Districts of Ms., Western District of Tennessee, Eastern District of Arkansas and Eastern District of South Carolina; Tennessee Supreme Court and Tennessee Court of Appeals.

Benton County Attorney
Mississippi State Senator 1948-52
Mississippi State Representative 1952-60
Attorney for Benton County Board of Supervisors.
Attorney for Benton County Board of Education
Attorney for Towns of Ashland, Walnut, Myrtle, Blue Mountain and Hickory Flat, MS.
Chairman of Mississippi Aeronautics Commission

Education

Boston College High School, Boston, Massachusetts Holmes Junior College, Goodman, Mississippi 1934-36
Juris Doctor, University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi (1936-39)

Member

Mississippi Bar Association
Third Circuit Bar Association
Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association (Recipient of "Least Weasel Award")
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
American Bar Association