Frances Farmer, 84, of McGregor, Texas, died early Thursday morning, April 22, 2010. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, April 24, at Cole Funeral Home Chapel, 1113 West Fifth Street, McGregor, with the Rev. Carroll Hambrick officiating. Interment will follow in Post Oak Cemetery, near Oglesby. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, at Cole Funeral Home.
Frances was born in Cleburne, Texas, to the late Roy Russell and Grace Mae (Miller) Smith, and attended school in Cisco. In 1943, she moved from Moody and became a McGregor resident. On March 2, 1944, she married Will I. Farmer in Gatesville, Texas. Frances was employed as an inspector from 1947 to 1949, with Waco Garment Company and later from 1949 until 1951, by Wolfe Manufacturing in Waco. Throughout her life, Frances enjoyed doing things for others. She volunteered on a regular basis at Westview Manor Nursing Home in McGregor, and was an active member of College Avenue Baptist Church in McGregor, before joining Beverly Hills Baptist Church in Waco.
Preceding her in death was her husband of 42 years, on Nov. 1, 1986; brothers, Roy Lee Smith, Gene Smith, J.E. Smith; and a sister, Louise Anderson.
Survivors include sister, Tommie Lou Wilkerson, of Temple; and several nieces and nephews.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 4/23/2010...T5
Frances was born in Cleburne, Texas, to the late Roy Russell and Grace Mae (Miller) Smith, and attended school in Cisco. In 1943, she moved from Moody and became a McGregor resident. On March 2, 1944, she married Will I. Farmer in Gatesville, Texas. Frances was employed as an inspector from 1947 to 1949, with Waco Garment Company and later from 1949 until 1951, by Wolfe Manufacturing in Waco. Throughout her life, Frances enjoyed doing things for others. She volunteered on a regular basis at Westview Manor Nursing Home in McGregor, and was an active member of College Avenue Baptist Church in McGregor, before joining Beverly Hills Baptist Church in Waco.
Preceding her in death was her husband of 42 years, on Nov. 1, 1986; brothers, Roy Lee Smith, Gene Smith, J.E. Smith; and a sister, Louise Anderson.
Survivors include sister, Tommie Lou Wilkerson, of Temple; and several nieces and nephews.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 4/23/2010...T5
Frances Farmer, 84, of McGregor, Texas, died early Thursday morning, April 22, 2010. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, April 24, at Cole Funeral Home Chapel, 1113 West Fifth Street, McGregor, with the Rev. Carroll Hambrick officiating. Interment will follow in Post Oak Cemetery, near Oglesby. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, at Cole Funeral Home.
Frances was born in Cleburne, Texas, to the late Roy Russell and Grace Mae (Miller) Smith, and attended school in Cisco. In 1943, she moved from Moody and became a McGregor resident. On March 2, 1944, she married Will I. Farmer in Gatesville, Texas. Frances was employed as an inspector from 1947 to 1949, with Waco Garment Company and later from 1949 until 1951, by Wolfe Manufacturing in Waco. Throughout her life, Frances enjoyed doing things for others. She volunteered on a regular basis at Westview Manor Nursing Home in McGregor, and was an active member of College Avenue Baptist Church in McGregor, before joining Beverly Hills Baptist Church in Waco.
Preceding her in death was her husband of 42 years, on Nov. 1, 1986; brothers, Roy Lee Smith, Gene Smith, J.E. Smith; and a sister, Louise Anderson.
Survivors include sister, Tommie Lou Wilkerson, of Temple; and several nieces and nephews.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 4/23/2010...T5
Frances was born in Cleburne, Texas, to the late Roy Russell and Grace Mae (Miller) Smith, and attended school in Cisco. In 1943, she moved from Moody and became a McGregor resident. On March 2, 1944, she married Will I. Farmer in Gatesville, Texas. Frances was employed as an inspector from 1947 to 1949, with Waco Garment Company and later from 1949 until 1951, by Wolfe Manufacturing in Waco. Throughout her life, Frances enjoyed doing things for others. She volunteered on a regular basis at Westview Manor Nursing Home in McGregor, and was an active member of College Avenue Baptist Church in McGregor, before joining Beverly Hills Baptist Church in Waco.
Preceding her in death was her husband of 42 years, on Nov. 1, 1986; brothers, Roy Lee Smith, Gene Smith, J.E. Smith; and a sister, Louise Anderson.
Survivors include sister, Tommie Lou Wilkerson, of Temple; and several nieces and nephews.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 4/23/2010...T5
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