Lois B. Farmer

Lois Bertha Farmer, (nee Lee), (89) daughter of he late George H. Lee and he late Viola M. Lee, was born on May 30, 1923, in Baltimore, Maryland. Lois received her formal education in the public schools of Baltimore, Maryland. She attended Dunbar High School Senior Class. Dunbar High School was he second African American High School in the City of Baltimore to confer high school diplomas to Negro students. She continued her formal education by attending Coppin Teachers College for two years. Lois Christian journey started at a very young age. She was a lifetime member of the Israel Baptist Church where she worshipped on a regular basis until her health no longer allowed her to attend. Her grandmother, Elizabeth Wilkerson-Kess, was one of the founding members of the Israel Church. Lois Mother, Viola Kess-Lee, and her aunt, Anna Kess-Howe, were also lifetime members, creating a family legacy of over a hundred years of membership at the Israel Baptist Church. Over the years, she taught Sunday School, the Baptist Training Union (BTU) and organized church play performances. She was joined in Holy Matrimony to Lee Wesley Farmer on November 29, 1942 and out of this union, they were blessed with six children: Patricia Farmer, Sandra Farmer, Leslie Henson, Wesley Farmer, Dennis Farmer and Janice Williams. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee; her two daughters, Sandra and Leslie; her son Dennis and her grandson Justin Williams. Lois was a stay at home mom when her children were small. Lois truly loved her family and wanted to keep them close to her as well as to each other. She worked part-time as a substitute teacher at the neighboring elementary schools in East Baltimore where she lived and raised her family. Later, she worked and retired after twenty years of service as a Postal Clerk for the United States Postal Service. She was truly a renaissance woman having many talents and varied interests. She was a gourmet cook, seamstress, gardener, decorator, patron of the performing arts, painter, avid reader, thinker, teacher, fashionista, political analyst, adventurer and world traveler. On Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at home in Indian Head, Maryland, after an illness, God in his infinite wisdom, gently took Lois Bertha Farmer into His loving arms, where she is now making heaven her eternal home, and joining her loved ones who have gone on before. She will be tremendously missed by her loving family and friends alike. Lois leaves to cherish fond memories: two daughters, Patricia and Janice; a son, Wesley; a daughter-in-law, Deborah Farmer; seven grandchildren, Duane Farmer and wife Ly Troung, Allen Henson, Kobie Farmer, Minyanna Farmer, Terrence Williams and wife Chrisine, Linnea Hawkins and husband Timothy, and Allison Williams; sixteen great grandchildren, cousins, nephews, nieces and a host of other relatives and friends

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Lois B. Farmer

May 30, 1923 - May 30, 2012