Farish Scholarship awarded to BCCC Business student

A Business Administration student attending Beaufort County Community College this fall have been chosen to receive financial assistance from an endowment created in memory of one of Washington’s most successful businessmen.

Jessica Rogers of Belhaven has been chosen for the award. Rogers, 29, is a graduate of John Dewey High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. She hopes to continue her education at Elizabeth City State University after graduating from BCCC. She has one child.

“Thank you for giving me the opportunity to continue to show my daughter that education is a top priority,” she said.

Known to his friends as “Bobby,” Farish was a successful businessman and entrepreneur whose business and civic interests are reflected in the programs at BCCC whose students receive scholarships from the endowment.

A native of Norfolk, Va., Farish attended the Carolina Military Academy and graduated from Washington High School in 1969. He continued his education throughout his life including Atlantic Christian College; Advance Individual Training in MOS: 95B10, Military Police School, Ft. Gordon, Ga.; Ford Marketing Institute classes in Dealer Operation and Truck Selling Courses, and Wachovia Bank Business Development and Management Training.

Farish’s military service included ROTC from 1966 to 1968 while he attended Carolina Military Academy, Advanced Individual Training in MOS and Military Police School, Ft. Gordon, Georgia in 1971. He was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army Reserve National Guard in 1976.

Farish had numerous business interests. He was a real estate developer and worked in several venues of service throughout his life including Bob Farish Ford Mercury, Washington Motor Company, builder and developer of the Farish Building and Brasswood Apartments, co-owner of Whalebone Motel, the Castaways Inn, Quality Inn & Suites and Brownstone Inn, among many other business interests. Farish was also co-owner and vice-president of Hillside Funeral Service from 1997 until his death in June 2004 at the age of 52.