Obituary for Doug Farmer

Doug "Musky" Farmer, age 64, of Murphy, NC passed away Tuesday, May 25, 2021.

He was born in Cherokee County, NC to the late Archie and Jane Walker Farmer. James was a logger. He was an avid bear hunter, enjoyed gardening, horseback riding and the wagon train. James was a wonderful person, one of a kind and give you the shirt off of his back. He loved spending time with his family.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his brother, Don Farmer.

He is survived by his son, Lonnie Farmer; daughter, Paige Farmer; one brother, Roger Farmer and wife Kim; one sister, Elizabeth Baker and husband Allen all of Murphy; grandson, Eli Cole Farmer and granddaughter, Keela Jane Mimbs .

Funeral Services will be held at 3 pm, Sunday, May 30, 2021 at the Townson-Rose Funeral Home Chapel in Murphy. Rev. Matt Mull will officiate. Burial will be in the Unaka Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Blake Sisum, Ronnie "Rooster" Beavers, Mike "Dobber" Roper, Cleaston Dockery and Cody Thrasher. Honorary pallbearers will be Daryl Graves and Travis Palmer.

The family will receive friends from 1 pm to 3 pm, Sunday, May 30, 2021 at the Townson-Rose Funeral Home.

Townson-Rose Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.

Doug, Musky, Boner, Hip, Papa Pepper, Dad to Lonnie Farmer, Brother to Elizabeth Baker, Uncle to Chrystal Leigh Mimbs and Kyndra Farmer, and Grandpa, Papa and/or Pops to Eli Cole Farmer and Keela Mimbs Doug Farmer was also called friend by many others, including myself. Doug was an avid bear hunter, and in the woods, could outwalk most people half his age. He was most at home outside and especially in the woods. He knew these mountains better than most people know their neighborhoods.

Doug was finally convinced to get a cell phone, (a flip phone) and often complained about not knowing how to use it. However, this same man could do almost anything with anything. If it needed done, Doug would/did find a way. Not many people would survive in the woods, living off the land. Doug would have made it, surviving old school. Part of Doug's survival plan would have probably included finding a little beer somewhere, and if not he would have eventually figured out a way to make it.

Doug had a way of making people laugh a lot. He was always joking about something. Or singing at the top of his voice (imagian a dog with his tail under the rocking chair), but it was a wonderful sound that made people smile.

Now don't get me wrong, Doug could be very irritating, but only to the people that thought they were in a hurry to get somewhere and found themselves driving behind Doug. A half decent runner could pass Doug when he was driving over our mountain. Many times Doug would pull over to let people pass and would often yell out "Burn It Up", or "Get R Done" or whatever he felt like at the time.

Five years ago, we almost lost Doug to a house fire. He was in the burn unit in Atlanta for many weeks. As he started getting better and could have visitors again, Doug was talking to my daughter, his grand daughter Keela Mimbs, when in whatever story he was telling at the time Doug yelled out "Burn It Up!" Keela, who at the time was about 11, said Papa, the burn unit of a hospital is NOT the best place to say that.... I think he did it on purpose just to make her smile and laugh. She still does when talking about this.

Doug, like his father before him, was a big fan of the old Westerns. It was, I believe, the only tv channel Doug watched was the one with Westerns. John Wayne was always a favorite.

The men is westerns always talked about "Dying with their boots on". Yesterday, while in the woods, a tree fell on Doug ending his time on this earth. Doug Farmer died with his boots on in the woods he loved so much, here in the mountains he called home.

Doug will be missed and remembered. His passing has/will create many tears. In time when the shock and pain dulls a little. His life will be the subjects of many stories and those stories will once again cause many smiles and a lot of laughter. We all look forward to getting to that point in our life without him. Doug Farmer, Boner, Musky, Pork Chop, Dad, Brother, Uncle, Grandpa, Papa and friend will be remembered with wonderful memories. In the end, isn't that all we can really hope for.


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