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Submitted: 6/9/21 • Approved: 6/10/21 • Last Updated: 6/13/21 • R425854-G0-S3
Missouri
PRIVATE Company D 325 Infantry
World War I
January 27, 1889-June 7, 1957
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
John M. Farmer, 68, a resident of Borger since 1926 died at his home, 804 N. Cedar, early this morning following a heart attack.
A veteran of World War I, Farmer was a former Borger police chief, fire chief and city judge. He was also a member of the Elks.
Survivors include his wife, Goldie of the home; and one sister, Mrs. Hazel Ackerson of Joplin, Mo.
Arrangements are pending with Ed Brown, Funeral Directors.
(Published in Borger News Herald, June 7, 1957)
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Final rites for John M. Farmer, 68, former Borger police and fire chief and city judge, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in the chapel of Ed Brown Funeral Director.
The Rev. Wayne Keith, assistant pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate, and interment will be in the local cemetery.
Farmer, a resident of Borger since 1926, died early Friday morning following a heart attack.
Casket bearers will be M.M. Johnson, Vito Croaccholo, Jimmy Green, Ben Stokes, Walter Blankenburg and A.C. Paulsell.
(Published in Borger News Herald, June 9, 1957)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: John Millard Farmer
Death Date: 7 Jun 1957
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 32431
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: John Millard Farmer
Birth Date: 27 Jan 1889
Birth Place: Pineville, Missouri
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: W J Farmer
Mother: Walthers
Age at Death: 68
Death Date: 7 Jun 1957
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Contributed on 6/9/21
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Record #: 425854