Jefferey Farrow
Jefferey Jerome Farrow (born June 4, 1977 in Birmingham; died July 19, 2005 at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait) was a firefighter for the Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service's Station 13 and a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserve's 146th Quartermaster Company, headquartered in Fort Totten, New York.
Farrow grew up in Birmingham, attending North Birmingham Elementary School and Banks Middle School before graduating from Huffman High School. He joined the Birmingham fire department in 2002.
Farrow was called to active duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on October 15, 2004. He died of non-combat-related injuries at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait in July 2005. He was survived by both parents, four brothers and a daughter. He was interred at Zion Memorial Gardens.
References
- Ramirez, Rosa (July 22, 2005) "Firefighter dies on duty in Kuwait." Birmingham Post-Herald.
- "Jefferey Jerome Farrow" obituary. (July 30, 2005) Birmingham News.