Obituary of Walter Paul Farmer -- 2003

Contributed by Christine Fuller





GOLDSBORO NEWS ARGUS--8-25-2003
WALTER PAUL  FARMER,93,DIED SUNDAY AT HIS HOME.A GRAVESIDE SERVICE WILL BE HELD TUESDAY AT 2 
PM AT WAYNE MEMORIAL PARK WITH THE REV.HUNTER PRESTON OFFICIATING.A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF WAYNE 
COUNTY,MR. FARMER WAS THE SON OF THE LATE WALTER AND JULIA FARMER AND WAS THE WIDOW OF SALLY 
BARFIELD FARMER.HE HAD WORKED AS A SUPERINTENDENT WITH ATLAS PLYWOOD CORPORATION AND WITH CAL-
YPSO PLYWOOD AND WAS A MEMBER OF SALEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SONS AND 
DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW,CARL AND JOANN FARMER OF DURHAM,PHILLIP AND JEANNE FARMER OF MELBOURNE,FLA.,
MICHAEL AND MARIAN FARMER OF PEACHTREE,GA.,LIN AND VIRGINIA FARMER OF GOLDSBORO AND TONY AND 
PAM FARMER OF GOLDSBORO;AND 13 GRANDCHILDREN AND 17 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.



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