(Editor’s note: This story will be updated as funeral arrangements are made public.)

By Judy Clabes

NKyTribune editor

Philanthropist and businessman Oakley Farris, who turned 101 on August 28, died Monday around 12:30 p.m at his home in Covington.

Farris became an iconic figure in his adopted community, a community he embraced with enthusiasm — and with his pocketbook. He was celebrated for his generous support of the arts and other important community organizations — and for his enduring love for his beloved wife, Eva, who preceded him in death in 2022 at the age of 103.

“I really don’t have any idea why I’ve hung in there so long,” Farris told NKyTribune reporter Patricia Scheyer on his 100th birthday last year. “I appreciate it — it’s a day-to-day thing. But at this point in my liv

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