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Rita Farmer

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Rita Farmer

Birth
Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
Death
1927 (aged 18–19)
Surgoinsville, Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Surgoinsville, Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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RITA FARMER WAS THE DAUGHTER OF YANCY BAXTER AND MARTHA ADELINE FEAGINS FARMER.

RITA FARMER WAS THE SIBLING OFLILLY ETHEL, MACK DAVID, LAWRENCE MILLER, EMILY DOLLY, WILLIAM DOVER, CHARLES RAYMOND AND SALLY FARMER.

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THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY ANNA LANE LONG REGARDING THE DEATH OF MARTHA ADELINE FEAGINS FARMER:

"JOHN FEAGINS AND WIFE CAROLINE MCLAIN FEAGINS LIVED IN THE STACY AREA. HE WAS BURIED IN LONG'S BEND CEMETERY. AFTER JOHN DIED, CAROLINE LIVED WITH HER DAUGHTER ADD (MARTHA ADDERSON) AND HER HUSBAND BUD FARMER (YANCY BAXTER). THEY LIVED ON RIVER RD IN SURGOINSVILLE. THEIR HOUSE WAS ON THE HILL BEHIND HARVE & MAMMIE BURCHFIELD. MAMMIE (NANCY ANN) WAS ANOTHER DAUGHTER OF CAROLINE. MAMMIE SAW OUT HER BACK WINDOW WHEN THE HOUSE OF THE FARMERS CAUGHT FIRE. BUD GOT THE CHILDREN OUT, RAY (A TWIN) LILLY, DOLLY, MILLER, DOVER AND MACK. HOWEVER, HE WAS UNABLE TO SAVE RITA (A TWIN TO RAY) AND SALLY. THEIR MOTHER ADD DIED, AS WELL AS HER MOTHER CAROLINE FEAGINS. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 1927. THEIR REMAINS WERE BURIED ALL IN ONE GRAVE AT THE SURGOINSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY. MAMMIE OFTEN TOLD HOW SHE COULD NOT LOOK UP ON THE HILL. THERE IS NO MARKER FOR THESE GRAVES AT THE CHURCH. RAY DIED IN OHIO, HIS BODY FOUND UNDER AN AUTOMOBILE, BURNED."

SOURCE:

BOOK "LONG'S BEND AND ITS PEOPLE" (PAGE 77) BY KAY CALDWELL AND SHEILA JOHNSTON.
RITA FARMER WAS THE DAUGHTER OF YANCY BAXTER AND MARTHA ADELINE FEAGINS FARMER.

RITA FARMER WAS THE SIBLING OFLILLY ETHEL, MACK DAVID, LAWRENCE MILLER, EMILY DOLLY, WILLIAM DOVER, CHARLES RAYMOND AND SALLY FARMER.

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THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY ANNA LANE LONG REGARDING THE DEATH OF MARTHA ADELINE FEAGINS FARMER:

"JOHN FEAGINS AND WIFE CAROLINE MCLAIN FEAGINS LIVED IN THE STACY AREA. HE WAS BURIED IN LONG'S BEND CEMETERY. AFTER JOHN DIED, CAROLINE LIVED WITH HER DAUGHTER ADD (MARTHA ADDERSON) AND HER HUSBAND BUD FARMER (YANCY BAXTER). THEY LIVED ON RIVER RD IN SURGOINSVILLE. THEIR HOUSE WAS ON THE HILL BEHIND HARVE & MAMMIE BURCHFIELD. MAMMIE (NANCY ANN) WAS ANOTHER DAUGHTER OF CAROLINE. MAMMIE SAW OUT HER BACK WINDOW WHEN THE HOUSE OF THE FARMERS CAUGHT FIRE. BUD GOT THE CHILDREN OUT, RAY (A TWIN) LILLY, DOLLY, MILLER, DOVER AND MACK. HOWEVER, HE WAS UNABLE TO SAVE RITA (A TWIN TO RAY) AND SALLY. THEIR MOTHER ADD DIED, AS WELL AS HER MOTHER CAROLINE FEAGINS. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 1927. THEIR REMAINS WERE BURIED ALL IN ONE GRAVE AT THE SURGOINSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY. MAMMIE OFTEN TOLD HOW SHE COULD NOT LOOK UP ON THE HILL. THERE IS NO MARKER FOR THESE GRAVES AT THE CHURCH. RAY DIED IN OHIO, HIS BODY FOUND UNDER AN AUTOMOBILE, BURNED."

SOURCE:

BOOK "LONG'S BEND AND ITS PEOPLE" (PAGE 77) BY KAY CALDWELL AND SHEILA JOHNSTON.


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  • Added: May 4, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129175502/rita-farmer: accessed ), memorial page for Rita Farmer (3 Jan 1908–1927), Find a Grave Memorial ID 129175502, citing Surgoinsville Baptist Church Cemetery, Surgoinsville, Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Heaven Bound (contributor 47056102).