Charles Issac Farmer, son of the late Charles Roscoe Farmer and Lucy Ann Ruggles Farmer, was born on January 7, 1925 in Chaffee, Missouri and departed this life on May 26, 2015 at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 90.

Mr. Farmer was a member of the First Pentecostal Church in Dexter and a resident of Dexter.  He worked as a heavy equipment operator for Delta Asphalt and Brown Sand and Gravel.  He was a veteran of the United States Army serving in World War II, an avid fisherman and hunter.

On October 30, 1948, he was united in marriage to Gladys E. Dunning in Piggott, Arkansas.  Mrs. Farmer preceded him in death on January 26, 2005.

He is survived by two daughters, Patricia Ann Cooper and husband Bill of Dexter and Janie Marie Adams and husband Larry of Dexter; by one brother, Allen L. Farmer of Dexter;  by two sisters, Yvonne D. Taylor of Wappapello and Frankie M. Kinder of Dexter; by five grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

In addition to his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by five brothers, Jimmie S. Farmer, Raymond Farmer, Robert Farmer, Earl Farmer and Ernest Farmer (twins); and by five sisters, Levella Gold, Hortense Davis, Ruth Elledge, Roxinne Gaines and Lawanda Farmer.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, May 28, 2015 from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. 

Funeral services will be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on Friday, May 29, 2015 at 2:30 P.M. with Rev. Robert Bentley, Rev. Darrell Faire and Rev. Jeff Wells officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.