William Farmer

WILLIAM RAY FARMER (AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS UNCLE BILL), PASSED AWAY ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2023, AT HIS HOME THAT HE SHARED WITH HIS LOVING LIFE PARTNER OF 17 YEARS, CONSTANCE WARD. 

BORN JANUARY 20, 1948, WILLIAM IS THE SON OF JOSIE MAE AND JIM THOMAS LANGSTON. HE ATTENDED LOCAL SCHOOLS WHERE HE EXCELLED RAPIDLY. HE ALSO ATTENDED CAL POLY STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA WITH AN INTEREST IN ANTHROPOLOGY. WILLIAM ACCEPTED CHRIST AS A YOUNG MAN UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PASTOR RANDALL IN THE STATE OF OREGON WHERE HE STUDIED TO BECOME A MINISTER. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A MASON IN THE STATE OF OREGON. HE WAS ONE OF THE TOP MASONS ON THE WEST 

COAST. 

WILLIAM WILL BE FONDLY REMEMBERED FOR HIS UNWAVERING PASSION FOR THE BLUES, HIS DEEP AFFECTION FOR FISHING, AND HIS LOVE FOR WELDING WHERE HE BUILT HIS PRIZED THREE-WHEEL CHROME, BATTERY OPERATED BIKE. WILLIAM ALSO BUILT CLOCKS AND PICTURE FRAMES MADE FROM MARBLE AND GRANITE, AND HE ALSO LOVED TO COLLECT OLD MOVIES AND COMPUTER GAMES. 

WILLIAM WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS GRANDMOTHER, VICTORIA MARIE FAMER (WHOM HE WAS VERY CLOSE TO), HIS PARENTS, JOSIE MAE AND JIM THOMAS LANGSTON, HIS BROTHERS, CLARENCE LANGSTON, AND GARY LYLE LANGSTON, HIS SISTER, CYNTHIA DENISE LANGSTON, GRANDDAUGHTER ALAYSIA FARMER AND HIS LOYAL K-9, TANK, WHOM HE CALLED HIS LITTLE WARRIOR. 

WILLIAM IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING LIFE PARTNER CONSTANCE WARD, HIS SON WILLIAM RAY FARMER, JR., AND HIS DAUGHTER, VIOLA FARMER; (4) BROTHERS: TERRY LANGSTON AND LESTER (PAM) LANGSTON OF WASHINGTON STATE, THOMAS LANGSTON AND TIMOTHY LANGSTON OF BAKERSFIELD, CA; (4) SISTERS: WILLIE JO GARRETT, DELLA LELFORE, PAULA M. WILLIAMS, AND DEBORAH LANGSTON OF BAKERSFIELD, CA; THREE (3) GRANDSONS, TWO (2) GRANDDAUGHTERS, AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND FRIENDS. 

UNCLE BILL IS LOVED AND WILL DEFINITELY BE MISSED BY EVERYONE.