FRANKIE FARMER

LYLE SUTER PAINT’S FRANCIS FARMER, SR., 1986

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEER & ADVOCATE FOR ELDERLY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSING AUTHORITY BEAVER COUNTY THANK YOU

 

 

 

 

 

MARGARET FRANCIS HIGGINBOTHAM, HUSBAND & SON SEE PORTRAIT

 

 

 

 

 

“PLEASED TO RECEIVE PORTRAIT”, APRIL 8, 1987

 

 

 

 

 

UNVEILING AT SUTER'S HOME FOR HIGGINBOTHAMS; LOS ANGELES, CA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABOUT FRANCIS FARMER, HELPS RAISE SIBLINGS

 

 

 

 

Mrs. & Mr. Francis Farmer, Sr.

 

 

Farmer Home, Beaver, PA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAGEDY; I HAD A CHOICE TO MAKE – PUT FOOD ON TABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRANCIS FARMER, ADVOCATE FOR ELDERLY

 

  • Father moved shop to present location in 1911

 

  • Francis started in 1913 & purchased shop in 1920

 

  • 60+ years never sold, changed hands or bankruptcy

 

 

  • 1st Secretary Rochester Planning Commission

 

  • 1st Commissioner Rochester Little League

 

  • Vice President Civic Organization

 

 

  • St. John A.M.E. Church, West Bridgewater

 

  • The oldest church west of the Allegheny 

 

  • Negro congregation of 140+ years old

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABOUT FRANCIS FARMER, CIVIC LEADER

  • FARMERS'S BARBERSHOP, Rochester, PA

 

  • 61 years in continuous business as of 1969

 

  • Oldest business establishment in Beaver County

 

 

  • Housing Authority Beaver, Vice Chairman

 

  • Mayor's Advisory Committee, Rochester, PA

 

  • Salvation Army, Board of Directors

 

 

  • Past Master, King Solomon's Lodge #78; New Brighton

 

  • High Priest, Holy Royal Arch Masons, New Brighton

 

  • Inherited from Grandfather, Grand Master of Masons, NJ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for visiting our exhibit honoring Francis Farmer, Sr.