- February 11, 2025
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Linwood and Patsy Farmer celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary on Feb. 4 at Las Palmas Senior Living in Palm Coast.
The Farmers have been residents of Palm Coast for nearly 40 years. Patsy Elizabeth Thevenot and Linwood Earl “Nemo” Farmer met at Tulane University where he was serving as an instructor at the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps while she was attending an on-campus variety show.
They were married on Feb. 4, 1950, at Salem Methodist Church in New Orleans. On their honeymoon in Mexico, “they went up a mountain on burros and then climbed down a rickety wooden ladder into a cave filled with bats,” their son, Linwood Farmer, said.
That was the beginning of their adventures together.
Patsy was born and raised in New Orleans, where her father was a district chief for the New Orleans Fire Department, Linwood Farmer Jr. said. Nemo Farmer was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. He joined the Navy in the spring of 1942 and served for 20 years with service in World War II and Korea.
After retiring from the Navy, “Nemo” went to work for Vitro Corporation in the Washington D.C. area. They moved to Palm Coast in 1985 where they have served on their HOA board and volunteered for multiple city boards and committees, civic groups and nonprofits.
They were given a proclamation by the City commemorating their 75th anniversary at their party at Las Palmas Senior Living where they currently live.
