Charles Andrew Farquhar Jr.

Alabama Department of Corrections — Montgomery, AL

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch October 23, 1994

Age 74

Tour of Duty 38 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 10

Incident

Warden Charles Farquhar was bludgeoned to death by an inmate in his home just outside the Charles Farquhar Cattle Ranch, a state prison ranch named in his honor in Greensboro. The inmate also killed Warden Farquhar's wife and two other inmates in the home. The 27-year-old inmate, serving a 20-year sentence for theft and attempted murder of a police officer, was angry over being ordered to gather pecans instead of getting the weekend off. He was convicted of the murders and sentenced to life in prison. Warden Farquhar was a United States Army Air Forces WWII veteran and had served with the Alabama Department of Corrections for 38 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his two sons.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Warden Farquhar gave the Alabama Department of Corrections 38 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Alabama, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Alabama Department of Corrections

Type Corrections

Location Montgomery, AL

Platform Identity alabcorr.montgomery.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 23, 1994

Tour of Duty 38 yrs

Age 74

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Blunt object

Military Service

Charles Andrew Farquhar Jr. served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Warden Charles Andrew Farquhar Jr. is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In AL, 405 of 643 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63% of this state's fallen. That is 63 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Alabama Department of Corrections, 7 of 11 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63.6% of this agency's fallen.

Alabama Department of Corrections

of 11 officers

63.6% Felonious

AL — Statewide

405

of 643 officers

63% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious