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Submitted: 10/13/21 • Approved: 10/13/21 • Last Updated: 10/16/21 • R462929-G0-S3
June 11, 1914-May 12, 1930
At Rest
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Wheeler Youth Succumbs Here
Son of county Farmer Dies at Shamrock Hospital Following Short Illness
Thomas Ray Farmer, 15, died at a Shamrock hospital Monday evening following an emergency operation Sunday. The youth had been ill for several days from an attack of appendicitis.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Wheeler Baptist church. Interment was in the Wheeler cemetery. M.M. Nix mortuary was in charge.
The boy is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.E. Farmer, of near Wheeler, six brothers, Percy, of Canadian, Foy, of near Wheeler, Elvis, Paul, Fred and Roy, at home; and three sisters, Mrs. Ina Satterfield, of Wheeler, Oneta and Lois, at home. The family has resided near Wheeler since two years ago when they came to this county from Montague county.
(Published in The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 14, 1930, Page 1)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Thomas Ray Farmer
Death Date: 12 May 1930
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 26766
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Thomas Ray Farmer
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 15
Birth Date: 11 Jun 1913
Birth Place: Texas
Death Date: 12 May 1930
Death Place: Shamrock, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Father: E E Farmer
Mother: Lillie Wallace
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Record #: 462929