Edna Bernice Jarboe Farmer

Posted by Parrot and Ramsey Funeral Home on Jan 4, 2018

Edna Bernice Jarboe Farmer of Lexington, formerly of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Robert Jarboe and Virgie Marr Jarboe, was born December 21, 1925 in Taylor County, Kentucky. She died at 3:25A.M., Thursday, January 4, 2018 in Lexington. Age: 92
She professed faith in Christ and was a faithful member of Rosemont Baptist Church where she was a member of the Friendship Sunday School Class and the Thrifty Needles Sewing Group.
She united in marriage to her husband of fifty-eight years, J. W. Farmer December 23, 1944 and he preceded her in death September 16, 2003.
Bernice supported J. W. in their church ministry (Ruth 1:16-17) at Pikes Ridge Baptist Church, Lowell Avenue Mission, Menlo Baptist Church, Menlo, Georgia, Bice Memorial Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, Kentucky Baptist Associational Missionary, Little Union Baptist Church, Fairfield, Kentucky, First Baptist Church, Irvine, Kentucky, First Baptist Church, Carrollton, Kentucky and Mt. Gilboa Baptist Church, Campbellsville, Kentucky.
She is survived by one son and one daughter: Lynn Edward Farmer and wife, Nancy of Lebanon and Karen Farmer Marshall and husband, Tom of Lexington; four grandchildren: Wesley Farmer and wife, Aletia, Amy Chandler and husband, James, Seth Farmer and wife, Donna and Thomas Marshall and wife, Lindsay; seven great-grandchildren: Jakob Farmer, Adeline Farmer, Riley Farmer, Avery Farmer, Lauren Marshall, Eamon Nasr and Arion Nasr; two sisters-in-law: Nora Susan Jarboe of Louisville and Mary Frances Skaggs of Greenville; many Jarboe and Farmer nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.
She was also preceded in death by five brothers and three sisters: Roy Jarboe, Ralph Jarboe, Carter Jarboe, Ira Jarboe, R. W. Jarboe, Lena Richerson, Mae Sherrard and Ruby Wise.
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VISITATION: 12:00 Noon – 2:00 P.M., Saturday, January 6, 2017 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE: 2:00 P.M., Saturday, January 6, 2018 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home by Rev. A. Landon Hadley and Rev. Eddie Benton
BURIAL: Brookside Cemetery
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