Individual Details
Purdie Stokes Farmer
(2 Aug 1900 - 4 Jul 1997)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, July 6, 1997, Final AM Edition, Page 6:7--HALTOM CITY - Purdie S. Thompson, 96, a homemaker, died Friday, July 4, 1997, at her residence. Funeral: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Brown Owens and Brumley Funeral Home. Burial: Moore Memorial Gardens. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Purdie Thompson was born Aug. 8, 1900, in Blooming Grove, but she was reared in Dawson. The family expresses special appreciation to Pacesetters Home Care and Hospice, Dr. Herman Rose, Rex Owen, Peggy Wade, Laverne Lott and all loyal and faithful friends of Birdville Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by husband, Ramie Arnold Thompson, Sr. in 1987, son, R.A. Thompson Jr., four sisters and two brothers. Survivors: Son, Robert Thompson and wife, Mary, of Keller; daughters, Wynona Gipson of Houston, Virginia and Dr. L.A. Berry of Tampa, Fla. and Frances and Don Dunaway of Goodlettsville, Tenn.; brother, Dr. Gus Farmer and wife, Janie, of Dallas; sister-in-law, Lucy Bolton Farmer of Denton; nine grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. Brown, Owens & Brumley 425 S. Henderson St., 335-4557.
Events
| Birth | 2 Aug 1900 | Blooming Grove, Navarro Co., Texas |  | ||
| Marriage | 12 Jul 1920 | Hill Co., Texas - Ramie Arnold Thompson | | ||
| Death | 4 Jul 1997 | Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas | | ||
| Burial | Moore Cemetery, Arlington,Tarrant Co., Texas | |
Families
| Spouse | Ramie Arnold Thompson (1890 - 1987) |
| Child | Virginia Thompson ( - ) |
| Child | Wyona Thompson (1921 - ) |
| Child | Wyvona Thompson (1923 - ) |
| Child | Ramie Arnold Thompson Jr. (1926 - 1948) |
| Child | Male Thompson (1927 - 1930) |
| Child | Robert Neal Thompson (1929 - ) |
| Child | Wynona Thompson (1931 - ) |
| Child | Frances Teresa Thompson (1932 - ) |
| Father | Reese Elberry Farmer (1867 - 1916) |
| Mother | Fannie Lemon Lee (1878 - 1957) |
| Sibling | Betty Mae Farmer (1904 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Lollie Virginia Farmer (1906 - 1997) |
| Sibling | Robert Reese Farmer (1908 - 1965) |
| Sibling | Willie Lynette Farmer (1910 - 1989) |
| Sibling | Frances Nell Farmer (1911 - 1980) |
| Sibling | John Francis Farmer (1913 - 1995) |
| Sibling | Guss Dunn Farmer (1916 - 2011) |
Endnotes
1. Social Security Death Index.
2. Texas Death Index.
3. 1930 Census Navarro Co., Texas.
4. Texas Marriages 1837-1973.
5. Social Security Death Index.
6. Texas Death Index.
7. Ancestry.com.