J. Pat Farmer

Joseph Patrick “J. Pat” Farmer, 92, of Chattanooga, passed away Wednesday, November 6, 2013. He served in the U.S. Air Force, and was retired from the Volunteer State Life Insurance Company, where he was a member of the Million Dollar Round Table. He was born March 26, 1921, in Chattanooga, TN to Alma and Oscar Farmer. Pat was a long time member of the Ridgedale Baptist Church and was a big supporter of HaCoBACare ministries.

In his younger days he was an avid trout fisherman, hunter, and enjoyed camping and the outdoors.

Pat was preceded in death by his son, Richard P. Farmer, parents, Oscar and Alma Farmer, brothers Leonard, Ray, and Mike Farmer, sister Ann Groves, and his wife Evelyn’s son, Robert Wayne Murphree.

He is survived by his wife Evelyn Farmer, sister Doris Payne of Atlanta, GA, daughter Mary Alice Lynn (Robert) of Knoxville TN, daughter Sally Jeanne Rossmann (Paul) of James Island, South Carolina, son James Matthew Farmer of Rossville, Georgia, Evelyn’s daughter, Linda Jean Rutemeyer of Ooltewah, TN, granddaughters Luba Michelle Lynn and Erin Lake Browne, great-grandson, Iden, ex-wife, Jeanne P. Farmer.

Funeral services will be held at 11:30 AM Saturday at the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home with Dr. Bill Owens officiating. Burial will be in Chattanooga National Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 4-8 PM Friday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Chattanooga.