The Celebration of Life for Dea. Tom Farmer

<1He. CeCebration of Life
for
Dea. Lorn farmer
Saturday, April 16, 1994
1:00 EM.
fit. Olive African Methodist 'Episcopal Church
Waynesboro, (fa.
%ev. E>avid Walter, (Pastor
%ev. James Morton, Officiating
I
rDea. Torn farmer
A charge to keep I have,
A God to glorify,
A never-dying soul to save,
And fit it for the sky.

Order of Service
Rev. Heyward Dock, Presiding
Processional
Selection........................ New Beginning Mass Choir
Decatur, Georgia
Prayer....................................Rev. David Walker
Scripture.................................Rev. Isiah Kirkland
Selection ....................... New Beginning Mass Choir
Reflections:
As a church member..................Mrs. Margaree Cooper
As a neighbor......................... Mrs. Jackie Moultrie
Stone Mountain, Ga.
As a neighbor and friend ...............Mr. Willie McCloud
As a family member..................Judge John H. Ruffin, Jr.
Solo......................................Mr. Willie Bell, Jr.
Acknowledgements.......................... Mrs. Verrel Moore
Obituary....................................... Read Silently
(Soft Music)
Eulogy....................................Rev. James Morton
Recessional
Interment .....................................Pines Cemetery
Boggs Rural Life Center
Georgia
"Hear Me: Expressions of Life"
Literacy South
Tom Fanner
Brief History of Tom Farmer ...
Hi my name is Tom Farmer. I'm eighty-nine years old. I was bom on
the twenty-second of August 1904, in Jefferson County. I lived there for
five years. Then, I moved to Burke County where I call home. I have
been there all my days. At age 15,1 started working at the Saw Mill to
help take care of my family. I worked at the Saw Mill in Midville until
age 28. Then, I moved to Waynesboro where I started working at a Box
Factory. A few years later, I met my love Sarah Brinkley. After two years
of dating, we got married. I needed more money for the household so
I decided to find another job. I started working at Fort Gordon Army
Base. After working there for several years, I started working at
Waynesboro Garment Company which is now called Samsons Mfg. After
working thirty-one years I retired and started my own business. I
opened a restaurant to sell Bar-B-Q. I always loved cooking so I started
making money while I did what I enjoyed. Before long I had two
grandsons helping me with my restaurant rather than just eating all my
food. I didn't mind them eating as long as I had it there for them. I ran
my Bar-B-Q stand for forty years. I never had none to spoil I always
sold all I made. I made my own barbecue sauce and everything. I still
make it for myself. I have a drum (barbeque grill).
Tom Fanner
Tom's Barbeque Pit
Obituary
I xvaited patiently for the Lord;
He turned to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
Out of the mud and mire.
He set my feet on a rock
And gave me a firm place to stand.
Psalms 40:1-3
Dea. Tom Farmer, the son of the late Mrs. Bessie Lodge and Mr. Jeff
Farmer, Sr., was bom in Jefferson County in the year of our Lord 1904.
At an early age, he joined the Mt. Olive African Methodist Episcopal
Church, Burke County, Georgia. He then moved his membership to the
Thankful Baptist Church, Waynesboro, Georgia, where he served as
Chief of the Usher Board. Later he was ordained as a deacon. Dea.
Farmer was a life member of Aurora Lodge #54, Waynesboro, Georgia.
He was united in marriage to the late Sarah Brinkley Farmer, and to
this union, they were blessed with a daughter, Fannie Mae.
He leaves to cherish his memories: three daughters, Mrs. Fannie
Wimberly of Stone Mountain, Ga., Mrs. Anna L. Gordon of Waynesboro,
Ga., and Mrs. Patricia Coleman of Swainsboro, Ga.; two sons-in-law, Mr.
Sterling Wimberly of Stone Mountain, Ga., and Mr. John Coleman of
Swainsboro, Ga.; two sisters, Mrs. Beatrice Jones and Mrs. Willie M.
Jones, both of Waynesboro, Ga.; three brothers, Mr. Herman Lodge and
Mr. Edmond Lodge, both of Waynesboro, Ga., and Mr. Charles Lodge
of Los Angeles, Calif.; two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Anna Lodge and Mrs.
Cora Lodge, both of Waynesboro, Ga.; eight grandchildren, Judge John
H. Ruffin, Jr. of Augusta, Ga., Sgt. Sterling Thomas Wimberly of
Savannah, Ga., Lance Corporal Xavier Durant Wimberly of Stone
Mountain, Ga., Mrs. Shirley Jones, and Ms. Jeanette Gordon, both of
Waynesboro, Ga., and Bilaal Pyett, Ahmad Pyett and Shalonda Pinkney,
all of Clarkston, Term.; eight great-grandchildren; eight nieces; 13 great-
nieces; five nephews; 14 great-nephews; and a host of cousins, other
relatives, and friends.
'The truest end of life is to know the life that never ends." Beresford
Active. Pallbearers
Members of Aurora Lodge #54
honorary Pallbearers
Members of the Savage Skull Club
plozuer (Bearers
The Ladies Auxiliary Unit 270
New Aurora Chapter #60 O.E.S.
Friends
AcfqiozvCedgements
The family of the late Dea. Tom Farmer extends special
thanks and appreciation to all our devoted friends for telephone
calls, visits, and other acts of kindness shown during the illness
and passing of our dear loved one. This made our burdens
easier to bear. May God richly bless each of you.
Dinner will be served at the church.
Professional Services By:
Carter's Mortuary
885 Waters Street
Waynesboro, Georgia 30830
706-554-7842
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