Edrie Louise Gray Farmer, 88, quietly and peacefully passed away Tuesday afternoon, April 3, 2018. Louise was born June 8, 1929 in Las Vegas, N.M., to Timothy Scott and Clara Gracey French Gray. The second of eight children, she grew up during the Great Depression and World War II and graduated from Roswell High School in 1947. Louise was an avid sports fan, especially baseball, and played in summer leagues.
On Jan. 1, 1947, she met Sgt. Lonnie "Jack" Farmer. They were married May 31, 1947. In the following decades they reared three children while living in New Mexico and Texas.
They settled in Jack County near Perrin, where they raised cattle until the death of Jack in 2000. Louise then became an ordained home missionary until she retired and moved to Hill Villa Retirement Center in Fort Worth in 2013.
Louise has been a Christian since she was 12 years old and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Perrin.
She was preceded in death by her husband and parents, as well as brothers, Clifford Gray and Richard Gray, and sisters, Betty Casper, Jackie Bills and Lynn Newmann.
She is survived by her children, Constance Price and husband Scott of Azle, John Farmer and wife Eileen of Graham, and Roger Farmer of Perrin; grandchildren, Brenda Farmer, John Farmer and wife Naomi, Olivia Green and husband Bob, and Kathryn Lipsey and husband Mike; great-grandchildren, Rainey Harvey, Ryan Treadaway, Annie Treadaway, Bobby Green, Patrick Lipsey, Savanna Lipsey, Maddy Lipsey, Ciera Saiz and Mya Saiz; great-great-grandchildren, Quenton Harvey and Mellie Hardin; sister, Jean Nettles; brother, Tim Gray and 50 nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were 2 p.m. Friday, April 6, at First Baptist Church in Perrin. Burial will follow in Perrin Memorial Gardens.
Funeral under the direction of Coker Funeral Home, Jacksboro.