Dorothy “Tootsie” Farmer Flowers, 85, of Rocky Mount, passed away  August 5, 2014. Dorothy was born in Wilson County on March 31, 1929 to the late Julius and Ida Jane Gardner Farmer. She was married to the late Curtis Flowers for 62 years. She was preceded in death by her daughters, Sheila Elaine and Donna Flowers Woodcock.
She is survived by her daughter, Lynne Lancaster and her husband Bruce of Rocky Mount; two grandchildren;   sister Cleo Bennett of Wilson.
A funeral service was held  Friday August 8, 2014 at Proctor’s Chapel Baptist Church,  Rocky Mount with Rev. Walt Cooper and Rev. Dennis Harrell officiating. Burial  followed at Evergreen Memorial Park in Wilson. Arrangements by Johnson Funerals and Cremations, Rocky Mount.