from the website of the Rome News Tribune (Rome,GA) Obits/Death Notices on Sunday, July 19, 2015.
Norma Sue Farmer Boggs
Mrs. Norma Sue Farmer Boggs, age 69, having resided in Columbus, Ga., Big Canoe, Ga., and more recently Seven Lakes, N.C., passed away on July 18, 2015, surrounded by her family and friends in North Carolina.
She was born in Lindale, Ga, on April 15, 1946, the daughter of the late Sgt. John Norman Farmer and the late Mrs. Myrtle Carroll Farmer of Lindale, Ga.
She is survived by her husband Joseph Wilder Boggs, Seven Lakes, NC; her son Dr. Joseph (Josh) Wilder Boggs, II; daughter-in-law Kimberly Renee Boggs and two granddaughters, Renzi Elizabeth Boggs and Victoria (Tori) Margaret Boggs, Chapel Hill, N.C.
She is also survived by her sister, Mrs. Carol Farmer Dockery (Lester) of Alpharetta, Ga., brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, cousins, and many beloved nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Norma Boggs graduated from Pepperell High School and attended Shorter College, Rome, Ga., and graduated from Georgia College for Women, Milledgeville, Ga. She received a graduate degree from Mercer University and the Certificate of Specialization in Education Administration and Supervision from Troy University, Phoenix City, Ala.
Joe and Norma were married Aug. 3, 1968 in Lindale, Ga., and resided in Columbus, Ga. for thirty-five years where she was active in Wynnton United Methodist Church and many women’s organizations.
She was passionate about the things she cared about. She was compassionate, active and sharing, following up her good ideas with tangible actions.
She was a life-long educator having taught in the special education and elementary school systems in Georgia and Alabama.
Mrs. Boggs was awarded Teacher of the Year for West End Elementary, Rome.
She served as manager of adult education for five counties, part of the Muscogee County School District.
She served as the Assistant Principal of North Columbus Elementary School, Columbus, Ga.
She enjoyed her vast involvement and leadership in many women’s organizations in both Columbus and Big Canoe.
She was preceded in death by her father, Sgt. John Norman Farmer, who was a Korean War Veteran and who was killed during the war in 1951, and her mother Mrs. Myrtle Margaret Carroll Farmer who died in 1998.
The family will receive friends at Striffler-Hamby Funeral Home in Columbus, Ga., Tuesday evening, July 21, 2015, from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m.
Funeral services will be held at Striffler-Hamby Chapel, Columbus, Ga., Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 11 a.m.
Graveside services will be held at Flint Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Floyd County, Ga., on Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 11 a.m.
A memorial service will be held in Seven Lakes, N.C., at a later date.
Honorary Pallbearers are George Abrams, Wax, Ga.; James George Marshall Boggs, Aragon, Ga.; Brick Wells, Buena Vista, Ga.; Larry Duncan, Seven Lakes, N.C.; Larry Lindsey, Columbus, Ga.; G.W. Poole, Orlando, Fla.; Jim Farmer, Halls Station, Ga.; David Gregory, Big Canoe, Ga.; Tommy Brock, Cumming, Ga.
Pallbearers are Greg Dockery, Alpharetta, Ga.; David Rittenhouse, Cumming, Ga.; Thomas Selby, Cumming, Ga.; Jody Keyser, Cumming, Ga.; George Boggs, Tallahassee, Fla.; Paul Allen, Mooresville, N.C.; Steven Dupree, Calhoun, Ga.; Doug Poole, Orlando, Fla.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations and contributions would be made to Wynnton United Methodist Church, 2412 Wynnton Road, Columbus, Ga., 31906.
Norma Sue Farmer Boggs
Mrs. Norma Sue Farmer Boggs, age 69, having resided in Columbus, Ga., Big Canoe, Ga., and more recently Seven Lakes, N.C., passed away on July 18, 2015, surrounded by her family and friends in North Carolina.
She was born in Lindale, Ga, on April 15, 1946, the daughter of the late Sgt. John Norman Farmer and the late Mrs. Myrtle Carroll Farmer of Lindale, Ga.
She is survived by her husband Joseph Wilder Boggs, Seven Lakes, NC; her son Dr. Joseph (Josh) Wilder Boggs, II; daughter-in-law Kimberly Renee Boggs and two granddaughters, Renzi Elizabeth Boggs and Victoria (Tori) Margaret Boggs, Chapel Hill, N.C.
She is also survived by her sister, Mrs. Carol Farmer Dockery (Lester) of Alpharetta, Ga., brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, cousins, and many beloved nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Norma Boggs graduated from Pepperell High School and attended Shorter College, Rome, Ga., and graduated from Georgia College for Women, Milledgeville, Ga. She received a graduate degree from Mercer University and the Certificate of Specialization in Education Administration and Supervision from Troy University, Phoenix City, Ala.
Joe and Norma were married Aug. 3, 1968 in Lindale, Ga., and resided in Columbus, Ga. for thirty-five years where she was active in Wynnton United Methodist Church and many women’s organizations.
She was passionate about the things she cared about. She was compassionate, active and sharing, following up her good ideas with tangible actions.
She was a life-long educator having taught in the special education and elementary school systems in Georgia and Alabama.
Mrs. Boggs was awarded Teacher of the Year for West End Elementary, Rome.
She served as manager of adult education for five counties, part of the Muscogee County School District.
She served as the Assistant Principal of North Columbus Elementary School, Columbus, Ga.
She enjoyed her vast involvement and leadership in many women’s organizations in both Columbus and Big Canoe.
She was preceded in death by her father, Sgt. John Norman Farmer, who was a Korean War Veteran and who was killed during the war in 1951, and her mother Mrs. Myrtle Margaret Carroll Farmer who died in 1998.
The family will receive friends at Striffler-Hamby Funeral Home in Columbus, Ga., Tuesday evening, July 21, 2015, from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m.
Funeral services will be held at Striffler-Hamby Chapel, Columbus, Ga., Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 11 a.m.
Graveside services will be held at Flint Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Floyd County, Ga., on Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 11 a.m.
A memorial service will be held in Seven Lakes, N.C., at a later date.
Honorary Pallbearers are George Abrams, Wax, Ga.; James George Marshall Boggs, Aragon, Ga.; Brick Wells, Buena Vista, Ga.; Larry Duncan, Seven Lakes, N.C.; Larry Lindsey, Columbus, Ga.; G.W. Poole, Orlando, Fla.; Jim Farmer, Halls Station, Ga.; David Gregory, Big Canoe, Ga.; Tommy Brock, Cumming, Ga.
Pallbearers are Greg Dockery, Alpharetta, Ga.; David Rittenhouse, Cumming, Ga.; Thomas Selby, Cumming, Ga.; Jody Keyser, Cumming, Ga.; George Boggs, Tallahassee, Fla.; Paul Allen, Mooresville, N.C.; Steven Dupree, Calhoun, Ga.; Doug Poole, Orlando, Fla.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations and contributions would be made to Wynnton United Methodist Church, 2412 Wynnton Road, Columbus, Ga., 31906.
from the website of the Rome News Tribune (Rome,GA) Obits/Death Notices on Sunday, July 19, 2015.
Norma Sue Farmer Boggs
Mrs. Norma Sue Farmer Boggs, age 69, having resided in Columbus, Ga., Big Canoe, Ga., and more recently Seven Lakes, N.C., passed away on July 18, 2015, surrounded by her family and friends in North Carolina.
She was born in Lindale, Ga, on April 15, 1946, the daughter of the late Sgt. John Norman Farmer and the late Mrs. Myrtle Carroll Farmer of Lindale, Ga.
She is survived by her husband Joseph Wilder Boggs, Seven Lakes, NC; her son Dr. Joseph (Josh) Wilder Boggs, II; daughter-in-law Kimberly Renee Boggs and two granddaughters, Renzi Elizabeth Boggs and Victoria (Tori) Margaret Boggs, Chapel Hill, N.C.
She is also survived by her sister, Mrs. Carol Farmer Dockery (Lester) of Alpharetta, Ga., brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, cousins, and many beloved nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Norma Boggs graduated from Pepperell High School and attended Shorter College, Rome, Ga., and graduated from Georgia College for Women, Milledgeville, Ga. She received a graduate degree from Mercer University and the Certificate of Specialization in Education Administration and Supervision from Troy University, Phoenix City, Ala.
Joe and Norma were married Aug. 3, 1968 in Lindale, Ga., and resided in Columbus, Ga. for thirty-five years where she was active in Wynnton United Methodist Church and many women’s organizations.
She was passionate about the things she cared about. She was compassionate, active and sharing, following up her good ideas with tangible actions.
She was a life-long educator having taught in the special education and elementary school systems in Georgia and Alabama.
Mrs. Boggs was awarded Teacher of the Year for West End Elementary, Rome.
She served as manager of adult education for five counties, part of the Muscogee County School District.
She served as the Assistant Principal of North Columbus Elementary School, Columbus, Ga.
She enjoyed her vast involvement and leadership in many women’s organizations in both Columbus and Big Canoe.
She was preceded in death by her father, Sgt. John Norman Farmer, who was a Korean War Veteran and who was killed during the war in 1951, and her mother Mrs. Myrtle Margaret Carroll Farmer who died in 1998.
The family will receive friends at Striffler-Hamby Funeral Home in Columbus, Ga., Tuesday evening, July 21, 2015, from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m.
Funeral services will be held at Striffler-Hamby Chapel, Columbus, Ga., Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 11 a.m.
Graveside services will be held at Flint Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Floyd County, Ga., on Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 11 a.m.
A memorial service will be held in Seven Lakes, N.C., at a later date.
Honorary Pallbearers are George Abrams, Wax, Ga.; James George Marshall Boggs, Aragon, Ga.; Brick Wells, Buena Vista, Ga.; Larry Duncan, Seven Lakes, N.C.; Larry Lindsey, Columbus, Ga.; G.W. Poole, Orlando, Fla.; Jim Farmer, Halls Station, Ga.; David Gregory, Big Canoe, Ga.; Tommy Brock, Cumming, Ga.
Pallbearers are Greg Dockery, Alpharetta, Ga.; David Rittenhouse, Cumming, Ga.; Thomas Selby, Cumming, Ga.; Jody Keyser, Cumming, Ga.; George Boggs, Tallahassee, Fla.; Paul Allen, Mooresville, N.C.; Steven Dupree, Calhoun, Ga.; Doug Poole, Orlando, Fla.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations and contributions would be made to Wynnton United Methodist Church, 2412 Wynnton Road, Columbus, Ga., 31906.
Norma Sue Farmer Boggs
Mrs. Norma Sue Farmer Boggs, age 69, having resided in Columbus, Ga., Big Canoe, Ga., and more recently Seven Lakes, N.C., passed away on July 18, 2015, surrounded by her family and friends in North Carolina.
She was born in Lindale, Ga, on April 15, 1946, the daughter of the late Sgt. John Norman Farmer and the late Mrs. Myrtle Carroll Farmer of Lindale, Ga.
She is survived by her husband Joseph Wilder Boggs, Seven Lakes, NC; her son Dr. Joseph (Josh) Wilder Boggs, II; daughter-in-law Kimberly Renee Boggs and two granddaughters, Renzi Elizabeth Boggs and Victoria (Tori) Margaret Boggs, Chapel Hill, N.C.
She is also survived by her sister, Mrs. Carol Farmer Dockery (Lester) of Alpharetta, Ga., brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, cousins, and many beloved nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Norma Boggs graduated from Pepperell High School and attended Shorter College, Rome, Ga., and graduated from Georgia College for Women, Milledgeville, Ga. She received a graduate degree from Mercer University and the Certificate of Specialization in Education Administration and Supervision from Troy University, Phoenix City, Ala.
Joe and Norma were married Aug. 3, 1968 in Lindale, Ga., and resided in Columbus, Ga. for thirty-five years where she was active in Wynnton United Methodist Church and many women’s organizations.
She was passionate about the things she cared about. She was compassionate, active and sharing, following up her good ideas with tangible actions.
She was a life-long educator having taught in the special education and elementary school systems in Georgia and Alabama.
Mrs. Boggs was awarded Teacher of the Year for West End Elementary, Rome.
She served as manager of adult education for five counties, part of the Muscogee County School District.
She served as the Assistant Principal of North Columbus Elementary School, Columbus, Ga.
She enjoyed her vast involvement and leadership in many women’s organizations in both Columbus and Big Canoe.
She was preceded in death by her father, Sgt. John Norman Farmer, who was a Korean War Veteran and who was killed during the war in 1951, and her mother Mrs. Myrtle Margaret Carroll Farmer who died in 1998.
The family will receive friends at Striffler-Hamby Funeral Home in Columbus, Ga., Tuesday evening, July 21, 2015, from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m.
Funeral services will be held at Striffler-Hamby Chapel, Columbus, Ga., Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 11 a.m.
Graveside services will be held at Flint Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Floyd County, Ga., on Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 11 a.m.
A memorial service will be held in Seven Lakes, N.C., at a later date.
Honorary Pallbearers are George Abrams, Wax, Ga.; James George Marshall Boggs, Aragon, Ga.; Brick Wells, Buena Vista, Ga.; Larry Duncan, Seven Lakes, N.C.; Larry Lindsey, Columbus, Ga.; G.W. Poole, Orlando, Fla.; Jim Farmer, Halls Station, Ga.; David Gregory, Big Canoe, Ga.; Tommy Brock, Cumming, Ga.
Pallbearers are Greg Dockery, Alpharetta, Ga.; David Rittenhouse, Cumming, Ga.; Thomas Selby, Cumming, Ga.; Jody Keyser, Cumming, Ga.; George Boggs, Tallahassee, Fla.; Paul Allen, Mooresville, N.C.; Steven Dupree, Calhoun, Ga.; Doug Poole, Orlando, Fla.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations and contributions would be made to Wynnton United Methodist Church, 2412 Wynnton Road, Columbus, Ga., 31906.
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