OBITUARY
Services set for the Rev. Donald Wilson Primm
Services for the Rev. Donald Wilson Primm, a longtime Farmers Branch
minister, are at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Huff-Slay Funeral Home Chapel
in Pilot Point.
Mr. Primm died Thursday at R.H.D. Memorial Hospital in Farmers Branch
after suffering a heart attack. He was 62. Burial will be in Mt. Zion
Cemetery in Collinsville, Texas.
Mr. Primm received his bachelor of divinity degree in 1961 from Bible
Baptist Seminary in Arlington. He pastored churches in Houston and East
Texas for several years before arriving at Valley View Baptist Church in
Farmers Branch in 1977.
Outside the church, he served as the chaplain at the
Farmers Branch
Police Department for 16 years. Mr. Primm retired from pastoring in
1996.
He is survived by his wife, Elsie Primm of Farmers Branch; sons Darrell
Primm of Westminster, Colo., John Primm of Manassas, Va., Timothy Primm
and Andrew Primm of Farmers Branch; sister Carolyn Mathis of Highland
Village; and two grandchildren. |
The Dallas Morning News - July 19, 1997
Services for Rev. Donald Wilson Primm, 62, of Farmers Branch, are set for
10 am Saturday at the Huff/Slay Funeral Chapel in Pilot Point with the Rev.
Jerry Hayes officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Zion Cemetery in
Collinsville.
Rev. Primm died July 17, 1997, at Farmers Branch R.H.D. Memorial Hospital.
He was born Sept. 23, 1934, in Des Moines, Iowa, to the late Frances and
Florence J. Ulsh Primm. On Aug. 5, 1955, he married Elsie Baughman in Tioga. He
was a retired Baptist minister and a member of the Valwood Park Baptist Church
in Farmers Branch. He was chaplain for the
Farmers Branch
Police Department for many years and served in the United States
Navy during the Korean Conflict.
Survivors include his wife, Elsie of Farmers Branch; sons, Darrell Wilson Primm
of Westminster, Colo., John Walter Primm of Manassas, Va., Timothy Wayne and
Andrew Wesley Primm of Farmers Branch; sister, Carolyn Mathis of Denton; and two
grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 7-8 pm today at the Huff/Slay Chapel.
Gainesville Register, July 18, 1997 |
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