Bruce " Rooster " Farnum

Bruce “Rooster” Farnum, Sr. passed away at home in Travelers Rest, SC Saturday, April 13th 2019 at the age of 63. Bruce grew up in Miami, FL where his love of the ocean, photography and motorcycles was born. As a young man he moved to Hendersonville, NC where he met the love of his life, Rita Morrow. They were married October 31st 1978 and the couple moved to Greenville, SC. Their only son, Bruce “Allen” Farnum, Jr. was born on May 4th 1982. While living in Greenville, Bruce worked on motorcycles for Walter May and Harley-Davidson of Greenville. He later opened his own motorcycle repair shop. When he was 40 years old he competed in a body building contest and took home the 2nd place trophy.

Bruce was preceded by his parents Robert “Bob” Farnum and Esther. Bruce is survived by his wife, Rita Morrow, son, Allen Farnum, Jr., 2 brothers, Dave Bradley and Dale Bradley, daughter-in-law, Jessica “JC” Schenkel, Sister-in-law, Sharon and numerous nephews and nieces and their children; also survived by adult “adopted children”.

Family will receive friends for an informal visitation at the home of Rita Farnum on Sunday April 28th from 2pm until around 5pm.
The Eternal Sea
And so we stand,
Arm in arm,
Cradling each other's hearts.
Too soon were your
Candles snuffed out,
So these we burn for you.
We stand and watch
Your lights moving away
And in our hearts
We'll always know,
That on a Summer's day,
That all we need
To look for you
Is to watch The Eternal Sea.
And with these candles,
Burning bright,
There you will always be.
And so we stand,
Arm in arm,
Cradling each other’s hearts.

Jessica Farnum