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.