Funeral services for Redgie Farmer, 70, of Clinton, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, December 19, 2019, in the First Baptist Church, officiated by Pastor Johnny Walker. Burial will conclude in the Clinton Cemetery under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home.
Redgie Lynn Farmer was born August 28, 1949, to Doyle and Marie (Pace) Farmer in Elk City, OK. He was raised in Clinton and graduated from Clinton High School in 1967. He was employed with Beaver Express Freight Company and worked for Harold Paden and Lanny Ross.
He married Susan Wells on September 18, 1970, in Clinton. He was soon drafted into the U.S. Army in 1970 and spent a stint in Viet Nam and was honorably discharged in 1972.
He returned to Clinton and worked for Pepsi Cola Bottling Company, Kellwood Factory, and White Stripe Oil Company. In 1981 he began a 36-year career with Bar-S Foods and retired in 2017.
He attended Broadway Heights Baptist Church; he enjoyed working on vintage cars, collecting clocks, collecting coke memorabilia, trading and going to auctions.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a nephew, Drew Farmer.
He is survived by his wife, Susan, of the home; daughters, Amber Marshall and husband, Charles, Kelcey Sorter and husband, Josh, Heather McCornack, Kiley Flores and husband, Raymond, and two sons, Landon Farmer and A.J. Hamlin, all of Clinton; two brothers, Larry Farmer and wife, Dianne, Grande Lake, OK, and Rick Farmer and wife, Lela, Hydro, OK; and sister-in-law Lynda Farmer, Clinton, OK.
He is also survived by his grandchildren, Melody, Matthew, Riley, Adam, Brycen, Joshua, Reagan, Savanah, Emery and Kallyn, Mikah, Jordan, Jerrin and Mc-Kenna, and several others that called him Papa.
The family has requested those wanting to give a memorial contribution may do so to the Cures for Muscular Dystrophy at (Cure CMD) 19401 S. Vermont Ave., Suite J.100, Torrance, CA 90502.