James Edward

Farmer

James Edward Farmer, age 67, lost his battle with ALS February 1, 2023. He was born in Long Beach, California to Paul and Audrey. A brother to David, Elizabeth, William and Rebecca. He married the love of his life Deborah Baker, on December 31, 1978. They had five beautiful children together Jennifer (Chad) Robert (Michelle) Rachel (Raymond) Matthew and Leah (Chris).

He was a loving and proud PePaw to Clayton, Alyson,  Ryan, Ethan, Layla, Conner, Kaleb and Rebekah.

James took pride in everything he did and was a man of all trades. In July of 1973 he joined the Army's 82nd Airborne. After serving four years and being honorably discharged he decided to pursue many different jobs from Amway, North America Van line, selling Kirby vacuums, working at the co-op baleing hay. But out of all of these his favorite job was working at Helen Grace Candy. This was until he started going to church and developed a passion for becoming a pastor and deacon. Although this was rewarding he still felt like he could help people more. This is when he found his passion and became a firefighter in October of 1989. In 1991 he was offered a job as a DOD civilian contractor for the US Air Force. As the facility manager he had many accomplishments, in 1995 he developed a program with a magnet that notified firefighters of a clear hospital room which aided in their safety. Then in 2000 he got stationed in Japan where he took his hospital from last to first in PACAF. In early 2000 he was nominated and awarded facility manager of the year. In 2015 he reluctantly retired from his passion of helping others, however was looking forward to making more memories with his family.

James loved helping people and putting a smile on everyone's face he met. He did this with his gift of cooking and bringing people together. Out of all of his accomplishments he was most proud of being a father and molding his children to love our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.