Dimitrios Farmakis

Dimitrios Theofanis Farmakis, better known as “Jimmy the Greek” passed away on April 21st.

Dimitrios was born in Athens, Greece on February 20th, 1939. He was the youngest of 5 brothers. He served in the Greek Army and then became a merchant marine which led to his arrival in the USA. Dimitrios immigrated to the USA in May of 1964 where he was an entrepreneur and lived the American dream. He and his brothers owned a business, a nightclub and a restaurant over a span of 50 years. Dimitrios’s name is on the wall of immigrants on Ellis Island.

Dimitrios and his former wife, Barbara, had three children, Costas, Maria, and Nicholas. He had three grandchildren, Nicholas Stellan, December Violet and River Magnolia whom he loved very much. He was preceded in death by his parents, Vasiliki and Theofanis Farmakis, and his four brothers, Costas, Johnny, George and Christos. We would like to thank everyone at Catawba Hospital for taking care and spoiling our father for the last year and a half. If you want to honor my dad’s memory.

Please mail a check or cash to Catawba Hospital’s Patient Welfare Fund. The majority of the patients at Catawba don’t have the resources my dad had or a family to support them. Every single dollar makes a difference. Catawba Hospital PO Box 200 Catawba, Va 24070 Please put patient welfare fund in the memo line or on a note if cash.

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