Obit of Farmer, William Thurmond (Billy) (f656) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 17 Jan 2001 Return to Roger Mills Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Farmer, Cathey, McNutt, Blehm Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/1877 Memorial services were held in Weatherford, Texas October 15, 1987 for William Thurmond (Billy) Farmer, a Cheyenne native, graveside rites were at the Cheyenne Cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma on October 16, 1987. Farmer was born August 11, 1927 and died in Weatherford, Texas on October 14, 1987. He grew up in Cheyenne where he graduated from high school. He was also a graduate of Oklahoma State University. He served in the Seabees during World War II and was associated with IBM for many years in Amarillo and Irving, Texas, and Oklahoma city. He was retired at the time of his death. He married Eula Belle Cathey on June 1, 1947 and she survives him. She operates a fabric shoppe in Weatherford. He was preceded in death by his mother, Dannie Grace Farmer. Survivors include his father and stepmother, Truman and Elizabeth Farmer of Elk city; one daughter, Debra Farmer of Grand Prairie, Texas; one brother, Lonnie L. Farmer of Davidson; one grand daughter, Kathy McNutt; one grandson, Billy Blehm and two great granddaughters, all of Oklahoma city. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html