Denton “Bud” Farmer
Nov 5, 1915 - Jun 12, 1944
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TEXAS SERGEANT KILLED IN FRANCE
PURDON, Oct 26 (Spl) Staff Sgt.
Denton Farmer, son of Mrs. Ruth Farmer and husband of Mrs. Joyce
Farmer, Abilene, was killed in France June 12. His Purple
Heart has been received by his widow. He was a 90th Division
infantry man.
Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Navarro Co., TX |
SGT. FRAMER WAS BURIED SUNDAY IN DRESDEN CEMETERY
Funeral services for Sgt. Denton Farmer, 29, who died in France,
June 12, 1944, were held Sunday from the Purdon Baptist church.
Burial was in the Dresden Cemetery. The rites were conducted by Rev.
Walter Mortin, Fort Worth, and the Rev. J. Morris Bailey, pastor of
the Eleventh Avenue Methodist church of Corsicana.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Ruth Farmer, and a sister, Mrs. Letha
Davis, both of Purdon.
Pallbearers were Lowell Key Davis, Curtis McGehee, Thurman Johnson,
Howe French, Morgan Davis, Paul Wilson Rogers and Elton Skinner.
Corley Funeral Home directed.
Notes:
- Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light -
January 25, 1949
- Article donated by Glenda Whittenburg
Bowling and does not appear in in Volume II of the Navarro County History.
Denton was the son of Glenda's great aunt, Ruth Whittenburg Farmer.
- Submitted by
Diane Richards
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Denton “Bud” Farmer
Nov 5, 1915 - Jun 12, 1944
SGT. FARMER WILL BE REBURIED IN DRESDEN CEMETERY
The body of S-Sgt. Denton Farmer, aged 29 years, killed in action in
France, is being returned to the United States for reburial, according
to a telegram received Thursday afternoon by his mother, Mrs. Ruth A.
Farmer, Purdon.
Funeral arrangements will be handled by the Corley Funeral Home. The
services will be held at Purdon with burial in the Dresden Cemetery.
A graduate of Purdon High School, Sgt. Farmer was employed by the
American Well and Prospecting Company here when he entered the armed
forces in March 1942, going overseas in April 1944.
Sgt. Farmer was killed while serving with the 357th, infantry, 90th
Division, June 12, 1944, five days after landing in the beach-head
invasion of France. He was buried in St. Mere Eglise, France.
Surviving are his mother and a sister, Mrs. Letha Davis, both of Purdon.
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