A funeral service will be held on Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. at Bethany United Methodist Church with Rev. Jason Boggs officiating; burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends for a time of visitation on Sunday from 2:00 until 3:00 p.m. at the church.
She was the daughter of the late William Marvin and Cleo Bare Kivett and was also preceded in death by her husband, Howard O. Farmer; sister, Erma Coley; and brothers, Howard David Pike, Herman Kivett, and Don Kivett.
Shirley is survived by her daughter, Sherri Smith (Jeff); son, Chris Farmer (Sandra); grandchildren, Michael Farmer, Austin Smith (Stacy), Amy Farmer Parris (Josh), Bethany Smith Fulk (Justin), Camden Smith, and Dalen Smith; seven great-grandchildren, Abigail, Connor, Wesley, Annabelle, Westin, Josephine, and Graham; brother, Jack Kivett (Eva); and several nieces and nephews.
The family would like to send their most heartfelt thanks to Gibson House and Hospice of Rockingham County.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Bethany United Methodist Church, PO Box 1705, Liberty, NC 27298
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Loflin Funeral Home of Liberty is honored to serve the Farmer family.