Before she moved there, she rode the city bus through the neighborhood and admired the well-kept lawns and tidy houses. Farmer moved to Fayetteville from Calhoun, Ga., when her first husband died about 25 years ago. She wanted to be closer to her oldest daughter, who lived in Fayetteville. Farmer lived in Grove View Terrace for 10 years and College Place for three years before she moved to Rochester Drive. One of her daughters and her great-granddaughter live with her now.
Farmer has three sons and five daughters.
She supported them by working as a sharecropper in cotton, corn and peanut fields back in Georgia. It was hard work, but I did it to raise my children. The people of Savoy Heights say the neighborhood is quiet and friendly. Many take advantage of the city bus, which runs down Commerce Street. Lawns are mowed, and flowers blossom in nearly every yard.