Margaret Louise Shaw Farmer, 90, passed away on Saturday, January 22, at St Joseph Regional Hospital in Bryan. Margaret was born 14 September 1931 in Brownfield, Texas. Her parents, Roland and Cora Parker Shaw, were living there on land Roland had homesteaded in 1916. Shortly after Margaret’s birth, Roland received word that his father, James Clinton Shaw, was in declining health and needed help with the family farm. So as an infant Margaret moved to Elkhart with her three brothers (Lynn, J.C., and Homer) and her sister (Dorothy) to begin life in the Piney Woods. All five children graduated from Elkhart High School. Through the assistance of her aunt, Gladys Shaw Bishop, Margaret enrolled in the Lilly Jolly School of Nursing in Houston, earning her R.N. She married James Ray Farmer on Christmas Day, 1951. When James Ray passed in 1972, Margaret moved to College Station. She served as a nurse at South Knoll Elementary School, and at the Brazos County Health Department.
Margaret is survived by children, Curtis and Beverly Farmer of Palestine, Karen and Dave Pace of Crowley, Mala Farmer of College Station, Collin and Donna Farmer of The Woodlands; eleven grandchildren, Sarah Morris, Daniel Farmer, Kailan Wagler, Joshua Oak Farmer; Elery Lesher, Vanessa Slots, Colleen Parker; Nicolas Farmer; Colton Farmer, Daylon Farmer, Camden Farmer; and eight great-grandchildren, Anna Farmer, David Farmer, Lilly Farmer, Lara Farmer, Casimir Wagler, Keston Wagler, Dane Slots, and Isaac Parker.
Visitation will be from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm, Friday, February 4, 2022 at Memorial Funeral Chapel College Station. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am, Saturday, February 5, 2022 in the chapel of the Funeral Home. Committal will follow at College Station City Cemetery.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.memorialfuneralchapel.com for the Farmer family.
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