EDWARDS-MASON WEDDING.
Miss Hortense Mason, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mason, south of Edina, and Lester Edwards, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Edwards, near La Belle, were married Saturday afternoon in Shelbina. The Rev. Jas. L. Shoemaker, of Shelbina, performed the ceremony.
The attendants were Mr. and Mrs. George Wiable, of Shelbina, and Johnnie Mason, a brother of the bride, and Miss Mabel Rhoades, of Novelty a friend.
Mrs. Edwards is a graduate of the Novelty high school and she has had employment in St. Louis and Burlington, la., the last few years.
Mr. Edwards was discharged in October after having been about 5 years in the service and about 30 months of that time in the Pacific area. A mechanic in the employment of Reynolds & Burkhart, garage men and implement dealers at Rutledge before entering the service, he has returned to his former work since receiving his discharge. He has bought a home in Rutledge and he and his bride expect to begin housekeeping there next week.
A 6 o'clock wedding dinner was given Sunday evening in honor of the newly wedded couple at the home of the brides parents to forty-four relatives. One of the pretty and pleasing features of the dinner was a large 3-tier wedding cake adorned on its top with a miniature bride and bridegroom.
In the evening following the dinner the bride and bridegroom were charivaried and presented with many nice gifts. Then on Monday evening they were showered with more nice gifts at the Mason home by friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwards left on Tuesday morning on a wedding trip to the home of the bridegrooms sister, Mrs. Sam Peters, at Stronghurst, Illinois. They were accompanied to Edina by Mrs. Ballinger, a great-aunt of the bride, who had been at the Mason home since Friday. — Edina Sentinel.
The La Belle Star, La Belle, Missouri, 15 Mar 1946, Fri • Page 4, Columns 2 & 3
From The Files
THE EDINA SENTINEL, JANUARY 28, 1976
DEATHS — Lester Thomas Edwards, 66, of Edina died Jan. 26, 1976. Mr. Edwards was born Dec. 10, 1909 in Knox County, a son of Bert Clavern and Mina Ethel McCoy Edwards. He married Elizabeth Hortense Edwards of LaBelle on March 2, 1946. Burial was in Linville Cemetery, Edina.
The Edina Sentinel, Edina, Missouri, Wednesday, January 27, 2016
LESTER T. EDWARDS
Funeral services for Lester Thomas Edwards, 66, of Edina, were held Thursday, Jan. 29, at 2:00 p.m. in the Hudson-Rimer Funeral Home in Edina. The Rev. Joseph Todd and the Rev. Leroy Moris officiated. Music was provided by Mr. and Mrs. Sam Myers, accompanied by Mrs. Dick Kriegshauser. Casketbearers were Robert Adams, Pat Gibbons, Dallas Leckbee, Dick Kongable, Don Woodward, and Matthew Dorian. Honorary casketbearers were Jim White, Jim McKay, William Witt. Earl Henry Forquer, Harry Burkhart and Grant Parsons. Burial was in Linville Cemetery.
Mr. Edwards died Monday, Jan. 26, 1976, at 7:20 p.m. in Veterans Hospital in Columbia.
He was born in Knox County, Dec. 10. 1909, a son of Bert C. and Mina Ethel McCoy Edwards. He was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Christian Church and Knox City Post No. 358 of the American Legion. He married Elizabeth Hortense Mason on March 2. 1946.
Surviving are the widow; the mother of LaBelle; two sons, Gordon and Martin Clem, both of Edina; two daughters, Mrs. Larry (Cecilia) Platz of Brashear and Miss Edith Hortense Edwards at home; two sisters, Mrs. Sam (Leona) Peters of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Mrs. Fred (Ethel) Hustead of Edina; three brothers, Orville of Edina, Calvin of Rutledge and Donald of LaBelle, and a grandchild.
The La Belle Star, La Belle, Missouri, 04 Feb 1976, Wed • Page 5, Column 8
Miss Hortense Mason, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mason, south of Edina, and Lester Edwards, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Edwards, near La Belle, were married Saturday afternoon in Shelbina. The Rev. Jas. L. Shoemaker, of Shelbina, performed the ceremony.
The attendants were Mr. and Mrs. George Wiable, of Shelbina, and Johnnie Mason, a brother of the bride, and Miss Mabel Rhoades, of Novelty a friend.
Mrs. Edwards is a graduate of the Novelty high school and she has had employment in St. Louis and Burlington, la., the last few years.
Mr. Edwards was discharged in October after having been about 5 years in the service and about 30 months of that time in the Pacific area. A mechanic in the employment of Reynolds & Burkhart, garage men and implement dealers at Rutledge before entering the service, he has returned to his former work since receiving his discharge. He has bought a home in Rutledge and he and his bride expect to begin housekeeping there next week.
A 6 o'clock wedding dinner was given Sunday evening in honor of the newly wedded couple at the home of the brides parents to forty-four relatives. One of the pretty and pleasing features of the dinner was a large 3-tier wedding cake adorned on its top with a miniature bride and bridegroom.
In the evening following the dinner the bride and bridegroom were charivaried and presented with many nice gifts. Then on Monday evening they were showered with more nice gifts at the Mason home by friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwards left on Tuesday morning on a wedding trip to the home of the bridegrooms sister, Mrs. Sam Peters, at Stronghurst, Illinois. They were accompanied to Edina by Mrs. Ballinger, a great-aunt of the bride, who had been at the Mason home since Friday. — Edina Sentinel.
The La Belle Star, La Belle, Missouri, 15 Mar 1946, Fri • Page 4, Columns 2 & 3
From The Files
THE EDINA SENTINEL, JANUARY 28, 1976
DEATHS — Lester Thomas Edwards, 66, of Edina died Jan. 26, 1976. Mr. Edwards was born Dec. 10, 1909 in Knox County, a son of Bert Clavern and Mina Ethel McCoy Edwards. He married Elizabeth Hortense Edwards of LaBelle on March 2, 1946. Burial was in Linville Cemetery, Edina.
The Edina Sentinel, Edina, Missouri, Wednesday, January 27, 2016
LESTER T. EDWARDS
Funeral services for Lester Thomas Edwards, 66, of Edina, were held Thursday, Jan. 29, at 2:00 p.m. in the Hudson-Rimer Funeral Home in Edina. The Rev. Joseph Todd and the Rev. Leroy Moris officiated. Music was provided by Mr. and Mrs. Sam Myers, accompanied by Mrs. Dick Kriegshauser. Casketbearers were Robert Adams, Pat Gibbons, Dallas Leckbee, Dick Kongable, Don Woodward, and Matthew Dorian. Honorary casketbearers were Jim White, Jim McKay, William Witt. Earl Henry Forquer, Harry Burkhart and Grant Parsons. Burial was in Linville Cemetery.
Mr. Edwards died Monday, Jan. 26, 1976, at 7:20 p.m. in Veterans Hospital in Columbia.
He was born in Knox County, Dec. 10. 1909, a son of Bert C. and Mina Ethel McCoy Edwards. He was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Christian Church and Knox City Post No. 358 of the American Legion. He married Elizabeth Hortense Mason on March 2. 1946.
Surviving are the widow; the mother of LaBelle; two sons, Gordon and Martin Clem, both of Edina; two daughters, Mrs. Larry (Cecilia) Platz of Brashear and Miss Edith Hortense Edwards at home; two sisters, Mrs. Sam (Leona) Peters of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Mrs. Fred (Ethel) Hustead of Edina; three brothers, Orville of Edina, Calvin of Rutledge and Donald of LaBelle, and a grandchild.
The La Belle Star, La Belle, Missouri, 04 Feb 1976, Wed • Page 5, Column 8
EDWARDS-MASON WEDDING.
Miss Hortense Mason, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mason, south of Edina, and Lester Edwards, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Edwards, near La Belle, were married Saturday afternoon in Shelbina. The Rev. Jas. L. Shoemaker, of Shelbina, performed the ceremony.
The attendants were Mr. and Mrs. George Wiable, of Shelbina, and Johnnie Mason, a brother of the bride, and Miss Mabel Rhoades, of Novelty a friend.
Mrs. Edwards is a graduate of the Novelty high school and she has had employment in St. Louis and Burlington, la., the last few years.
Mr. Edwards was discharged in October after having been about 5 years in the service and about 30 months of that time in the Pacific area. A mechanic in the employment of Reynolds & Burkhart, garage men and implement dealers at Rutledge before entering the service, he has returned to his former work since receiving his discharge. He has bought a home in Rutledge and he and his bride expect to begin housekeeping there next week.
A 6 o'clock wedding dinner was given Sunday evening in honor of the newly wedded couple at the home of the brides parents to forty-four relatives. One of the pretty and pleasing features of the dinner was a large 3-tier wedding cake adorned on its top with a miniature bride and bridegroom.
In the evening following the dinner the bride and bridegroom were charivaried and presented with many nice gifts. Then on Monday evening they were showered with more nice gifts at the Mason home by friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwards left on Tuesday morning on a wedding trip to the home of the bridegrooms sister, Mrs. Sam Peters, at Stronghurst, Illinois. They were accompanied to Edina by Mrs. Ballinger, a great-aunt of the bride, who had been at the Mason home since Friday. — Edina Sentinel.
The La Belle Star, La Belle, Missouri, 15 Mar 1946, Fri • Page 4, Columns 2 & 3
From The Files
THE EDINA SENTINEL, JANUARY 28, 1976
DEATHS — Lester Thomas Edwards, 66, of Edina died Jan. 26, 1976. Mr. Edwards was born Dec. 10, 1909 in Knox County, a son of Bert Clavern and Mina Ethel McCoy Edwards. He married Elizabeth Hortense Edwards of LaBelle on March 2, 1946. Burial was in Linville Cemetery, Edina.
The Edina Sentinel, Edina, Missouri, Wednesday, January 27, 2016
LESTER T. EDWARDS
Funeral services for Lester Thomas Edwards, 66, of Edina, were held Thursday, Jan. 29, at 2:00 p.m. in the Hudson-Rimer Funeral Home in Edina. The Rev. Joseph Todd and the Rev. Leroy Moris officiated. Music was provided by Mr. and Mrs. Sam Myers, accompanied by Mrs. Dick Kriegshauser. Casketbearers were Robert Adams, Pat Gibbons, Dallas Leckbee, Dick Kongable, Don Woodward, and Matthew Dorian. Honorary casketbearers were Jim White, Jim McKay, William Witt. Earl Henry Forquer, Harry Burkhart and Grant Parsons. Burial was in Linville Cemetery.
Mr. Edwards died Monday, Jan. 26, 1976, at 7:20 p.m. in Veterans Hospital in Columbia.
He was born in Knox County, Dec. 10. 1909, a son of Bert C. and Mina Ethel McCoy Edwards. He was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Christian Church and Knox City Post No. 358 of the American Legion. He married Elizabeth Hortense Mason on March 2. 1946.
Surviving are the widow; the mother of LaBelle; two sons, Gordon and Martin Clem, both of Edina; two daughters, Mrs. Larry (Cecilia) Platz of Brashear and Miss Edith Hortense Edwards at home; two sisters, Mrs. Sam (Leona) Peters of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Mrs. Fred (Ethel) Hustead of Edina; three brothers, Orville of Edina, Calvin of Rutledge and Donald of LaBelle, and a grandchild.
The La Belle Star, La Belle, Missouri, 04 Feb 1976, Wed • Page 5, Column 8
Miss Hortense Mason, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mason, south of Edina, and Lester Edwards, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Edwards, near La Belle, were married Saturday afternoon in Shelbina. The Rev. Jas. L. Shoemaker, of Shelbina, performed the ceremony.
The attendants were Mr. and Mrs. George Wiable, of Shelbina, and Johnnie Mason, a brother of the bride, and Miss Mabel Rhoades, of Novelty a friend.
Mrs. Edwards is a graduate of the Novelty high school and she has had employment in St. Louis and Burlington, la., the last few years.
Mr. Edwards was discharged in October after having been about 5 years in the service and about 30 months of that time in the Pacific area. A mechanic in the employment of Reynolds & Burkhart, garage men and implement dealers at Rutledge before entering the service, he has returned to his former work since receiving his discharge. He has bought a home in Rutledge and he and his bride expect to begin housekeeping there next week.
A 6 o'clock wedding dinner was given Sunday evening in honor of the newly wedded couple at the home of the brides parents to forty-four relatives. One of the pretty and pleasing features of the dinner was a large 3-tier wedding cake adorned on its top with a miniature bride and bridegroom.
In the evening following the dinner the bride and bridegroom were charivaried and presented with many nice gifts. Then on Monday evening they were showered with more nice gifts at the Mason home by friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwards left on Tuesday morning on a wedding trip to the home of the bridegrooms sister, Mrs. Sam Peters, at Stronghurst, Illinois. They were accompanied to Edina by Mrs. Ballinger, a great-aunt of the bride, who had been at the Mason home since Friday. — Edina Sentinel.
The La Belle Star, La Belle, Missouri, 15 Mar 1946, Fri • Page 4, Columns 2 & 3
From The Files
THE EDINA SENTINEL, JANUARY 28, 1976
DEATHS — Lester Thomas Edwards, 66, of Edina died Jan. 26, 1976. Mr. Edwards was born Dec. 10, 1909 in Knox County, a son of Bert Clavern and Mina Ethel McCoy Edwards. He married Elizabeth Hortense Edwards of LaBelle on March 2, 1946. Burial was in Linville Cemetery, Edina.
The Edina Sentinel, Edina, Missouri, Wednesday, January 27, 2016
LESTER T. EDWARDS
Funeral services for Lester Thomas Edwards, 66, of Edina, were held Thursday, Jan. 29, at 2:00 p.m. in the Hudson-Rimer Funeral Home in Edina. The Rev. Joseph Todd and the Rev. Leroy Moris officiated. Music was provided by Mr. and Mrs. Sam Myers, accompanied by Mrs. Dick Kriegshauser. Casketbearers were Robert Adams, Pat Gibbons, Dallas Leckbee, Dick Kongable, Don Woodward, and Matthew Dorian. Honorary casketbearers were Jim White, Jim McKay, William Witt. Earl Henry Forquer, Harry Burkhart and Grant Parsons. Burial was in Linville Cemetery.
Mr. Edwards died Monday, Jan. 26, 1976, at 7:20 p.m. in Veterans Hospital in Columbia.
He was born in Knox County, Dec. 10. 1909, a son of Bert C. and Mina Ethel McCoy Edwards. He was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Christian Church and Knox City Post No. 358 of the American Legion. He married Elizabeth Hortense Mason on March 2. 1946.
Surviving are the widow; the mother of LaBelle; two sons, Gordon and Martin Clem, both of Edina; two daughters, Mrs. Larry (Cecilia) Platz of Brashear and Miss Edith Hortense Edwards at home; two sisters, Mrs. Sam (Leona) Peters of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Mrs. Fred (Ethel) Hustead of Edina; three brothers, Orville of Edina, Calvin of Rutledge and Donald of LaBelle, and a grandchild.
The La Belle Star, La Belle, Missouri, 04 Feb 1976, Wed • Page 5, Column 8
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