Rites Held Mon. For Mrs. W. O. Farmer
Funeral services were held at 5 p.m. Monday, October 8, 1951, for Mrs. Willie S. Hyatt Farmer, 89, who died October 6.Mrs. Farmer was born June 12, 1901 in Dickens, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hyatt. At 16 years of age she was converted and joined the Christian Church.
She was married to William O. Farmer on December 6, 1946, in Kingman, Arizona. The couple moved to Las Cruces, NM where they were living at the time of Mrs. Farmer´s death.
Rev. Ralph Russell conducted the funeral services at the First Christian Church in Spur; one sister, Mrs. Newt Harkey of Littlefield; and one brother, Horace, of Spur.
Out of town relatives who attended the funeral were Mrs. Harkey, Mrs. Joe T. Salem of Sudan, a niece; Miss Beatrice McKnight, Mrs. Guy Collett, aunts, Mrs. Esther Grady and Mrs. A. W. Thomason, all of Dallas; Mrs. Helen Patton and Miss Mary Keith of Matador; Mr. and Mrs. Luther Jones of Martin.
©The Texas Spur, Octobe 11, 1951
From the records of Lillian Grace Nay
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