The Honorable J. Peyton Farmer Circuit Courthouse

James Peyton Farmer devoted a long legal career to serving Caroline County. After graduating from the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond, he returned to his hometown of Bowling Green to begin legal practice in 1959. In 1961, he was appointed Commonwealth's Attorney for Caroline County and served until 1969. That year he was appointed Caroline County's Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Judge, and in 1982 he was selected to fill a General District Court vacancy. In 1990, he became the first person from Caroline County elected by the Virginia General Assembly to serve as a Circuit Court Judge of the 15th Judicial Circuit. He retired from the bench in 1999 and served as a substitute Circuit Judge until 2008. He was widely respected for fairness and kindness to people from all walks of life. A lifelong active member of Bowling Green Baptist Church, he served for many years as a deacon and teacher of the men's bible class. He died on November 13, 2013, at the age of 80.

Bowling Green, Virginia · United States