Dolly Farmer

BLOOMFIELD - Dolly Farmer, 89, died Jan. 25, 2003, at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter.

Born July 4, 1913, in Senath, daughter of the late Isaac Cecil and Noah Ward Wilson, she was a member of the Senath Church of Christ.

On Oct. 5, 1932, in Paragould, Ark., she married Hershel Truman "Jack" Farmer who preceded her in death on Oct. 29, 1985.

Survivors include: two sons, Donald Ray Farmer of Bernie and Gerald Farmer of St. Charles; three daughters, Anita Cullum and Phyllis Farmer of Bloomfield and Vickey Hartline of Dexter; and 18 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren.

Also preceding her in death were two sons, Eddie Farmer and Hershel Odell Farmer; six brothers, Thomas Wilson, Elmer Wilson, Cecil Wilson, John Wilson and two infant brothers; and six sisters, Kate Tidwell, Avabel Hardin, Virginia Rains, Julia Unger, Doris Montgomery and Cordelia Farrar.

Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, where services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday with Dale Grissom, officiating.

Burial will follow in the Chalk Bluff Cemetery.