Marker honors longtime agent Farrington

Fletcher Napoleon Farrington was one of Alabama’s early county extension agents, taking that position in Tallapoosa County in 1932 after his graduation from Auburn, which was then Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Farrington was a native of the Sand Mountain area in northern Alabama, but quickly brought his wife and two daughters to join him in Dadeville.

One of Farrington’s daughters, Betty Farrington Cook of Memphis, and several other family members – some from as far away as Montgomery City, Missouri – were on hand Friday as a historical marker honoring Farrington was dedicated in front of the Community Action Partnership building on South Broadnax Street. The marker was placed there because the CAP building was the site of Farrington’s office for the majority of his tenure as county agent.