Minnie Lee (Mickey) Darden Farnham, 94, of Monticello passed
away on Monday. April 11, 2022 in the Lawrence County Nursing
Center. She was born on August 20, 1927 in Smith County,
Mississippi to Alma Ellen (Warren) and Levi Jasper Darden.
Visitation will be held at the Monticello United Methodist Church
in Monticello, Mississippi Thursday April 14, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. for the family and from
11:00 a.m. until funeral services at 2:00 p.m. - also at the
Monticello United Methodist Church. Grave-side services will
follow at the Monticello City Cemetery. Wilson Funeral Home is in
charge of the arrangements.

Mrs. Minnie (Mickey) was a native of rural Smith County, known
as Sullivan's Hollow. After her marriage, she lived in Fort Knox,
Kentucky; Biloxi, Mississippi; and Lexington and Fort Thomas,
Kentucky while her husband was in the military, and in
Taylorsville and Bay St. Louis, Mississippi before settling in
Monticello, Mississippi in 1966 where she lived for over 50 years.
She was a member of the Monticello United Methodist Church. In
her forties, returned to school and graduated from the Copiah Lincoln LPN program.

She worked at the Lawrence County Hospital, Cross Gates Nursing Center and retired from Lawrence
County Nursing Center at the age of 70.

She loved working in her yard; was a regular at the Lawrence
County Senior Center, where she loved seeing her friends and
working on puzzles. She had many friends at work, church and the
community and loved them all.

Survivors include her children: Jan (Larry) Williamson of Sontag,
Wilson Jr. (Shirley) Farnham of Sontag, Ellen (Charles) Bullock of
Silver Creek, Jeff (Sandy) Farnham of Silver Creek, and Kim
Tynes of Monticello. Also surviving are twelve grandchildren,
twenty two great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Wilson E. Farnham, Sr.,
and by her parents and two sisters: Myrtle Clanton and Timmie
(Tom) Darden and two brothers: Jacob David (JD) and Walter L.
(Jim) Darden. She was also preceded by her grandson, Cliff Tynes.
Any memorial gifts may be given to the Monticello United
Methodist Church in her name.