Individual Details

Janie Lou Grantham

(5 Nov 1918 - 14 Oct 2012)

Dallas Morning News from October 19 to October 20, 2012:Janie Lou Farmer, age 93, passed away Oct. 14, 2012. She was born in Eureka, TX November 5, 1918 to Robert & Louvenia Grantham. She was the last surviving child and only daughter of seven children. She received her bachelor's degree from North Texas State University and a master's degree from East Texas State University. She taught home economics at Terrell High School from 1954-1985 She met her husband Guss at their first teaching job in Emhouse, TX and married in 1941. They celebrated over 70 years of marriage prior to his death June 2011. She was well known to friends and family for her hospitality and excellent food. She worked beside her husband in ministry all of their life at various churches in Texas and Southwestern Christian College in Terrell, TX. In 2008 she received the Woman of Valor award for the time she taught at the college and years of support to her husband and the students at SWCC. She is survived by a son, Glynn Farmer and his wife Jeannie and grand-daughter, Samantha, of Albuquerque, New Mexico; a daughter, Annabel Glass and her husband Roger of Coppell, TX; a grandson, Corey of Little Elm, TX and grand-daughter Lindsay Campbell and her husband Bob of Raleigh, NC. She was preceded in death by a son, Guss Dunn Jr. and her husband, Guss Dunn Farmer, Sr. Also, she is survived and remembered by many nieces and nephews, many friends and several devoted care givers. Memorials can be made to www.armsofhope.org. Visitation is Friday, October 19, 2012 from 6:30-8:30p.m. The funeral is Sat. Oct. 20, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. Borth are at the Grove Hill Funeral Home.

Events

Birth5 Nov 1918Eureka, Navarro Co., Texas
Marriage1941Guss Dunn Farmer
Death14 Oct 2012Coppell, Dallas Co., Texas
BurialGrove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas

Families

SpouseGuss Dunn Farmer (1916 - 2011)
ChildGuss Dunn Farmer Jr. (1942 - 1986)
ChildGlynn David Farmer (1943 - )
ChildAnnabel Lee Farmer (1948 - )

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