Eugene Roy Rimmer

EUGENE ROY RIMMER, age 96 of Dandridge, TN passed away Sunday morning, August 26, 2018. He was a resident of Jefferson Park of Dandridge and the family would like to extend a special thank you to the staff employees for their wonderful care, friendship and activities provided Mr. Rimmer for the past seven months. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jean Lankford Rimmer; parents, Frank and Lillie Tomlinson Rimmer; brothers, Cecil, Howard, Hugh and Franklin Rimmer; sisters, Kathleen Hill and Ona Pearl Denton. Eugene was a veteran of the U.S. Navy having served during World War II in the South Pacific. After retiring from Jefferson Farmers Coop he enjoyed woodworking, making rocking chairs for children and each Halloween wooden animals for the trick and treaters. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Ginger and Cecil Franklin; granddaughter, Beverly (Walter) Thompson; grandsons, Tyler and Chandler Thompson; special niece, Barbara Hill Sams and other nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers the family request that memorial gifts be made to the Jefferson Park Activity Fund, 914 Industrial Park Rd., Dandridge, TN 37725. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 28, 2018, 3:00pm at Farrar Funeral Home, Dandridge with Rev. Rick Hollifield officiating. Interment to follow at Dandridge Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Tuesday afternoon from 2:00 to 3:00pm prior to services at FARRAR FUNERAL HOME, DANDRIDGE, TN www.farrarfuneralhome.com