Vera Marcella McCay Farmer, 85, of Jonesboro died Monday at St. Bernard's Medical Center.

She was born in Tyronza into the family of Joseph H. and Edna M. Jones. She was a retired bookkeeper from Kohn Bray Butane Company. She attended Arkansas State University at the age of 52. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Marked Tree and Church of God of Prophecy in Jonesboro.

She is survived by her husband, James Farmer of Jonesboro; two sons, Dr. T.D. McCay of Melbourne, Fla., Joseph Dallas McCay of Gulf Breeze, Fla.; one step-son, Rev. Steve Farmer of Jonesboro; one daughter, Linda Miller of West Memphis; one step-daughter, Marlene Burgess of Atlanta, Ga.; three grandchildren, five step-grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and eleven step-great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by two husbands, Thurman Ellis McCay and H.B. Bouchillon both of Marked Tree.

Funeral services were held Friday, June 6, 2008 at 1 p.m. at Church of God of Prophecy on Race Street in Jonesboro with Gerald Vickers officiating. Burial followed in Tyronza Cemetery.