Leo Farmer, 83, of Greenville, passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at Hunt Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 19, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at the chapel of Coker-Mathews Funeral Home with Rev. Randall Bost and Rev. Roger Ratliff officiating. A military graveside will follow at Bethel Cemetery. Visitation will be held Sunday from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Leo was born August 5, 1933 in Greenville, Texas to J. A. and Hazel Surratt Farmer. He married Janis Katherine McCombs on September 5, 1954 in Durant, Oklahoma. He served with the U. S. Army. Leo worked and retired as an aircraft mechanic with Rockwell Boeing. He was a member of Van Sickle Baptist Church.
Leo is survived by his daughters, Debbie Farmer Ludwig and husband, Rodney, JoAnn Farmer Conger and husband, Allen Ann Jarvis and husband, Robert; brother, Theo Farmer and wife, Ann; sister, Wanda Parsons; grandchildren, Christi Evans and husband, Joe, Kelli Yotter and husband, Josh, Kathi Holt, Jeff Holt and wife, Chandra, Jamie Tedford and husband, Allen, James Farmer and wife, Lexie, Heath Jarvis and wife, Jenny, Jarrod Jarvis and wife, Stacy; 17 great-grandchildren; and many loving nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents; wife; and son, Jimmy Farmer.
Pallbearers will be Joe Evans, James Farmer, Jeff Holt, Heath Jarvis, Jarrod Jarvis and Josh Yotter.