From the Jackson Progress Argus, 08 July 1965
Mrs. Edwards Dies Tuesday At Hospital
Mrs. Ollie Mae Brantley Edwards, 71, of the West Butts Community, wife of Albert Howard Edwards, died Tuesday morning about 8:30 o'clock at Sylvan Grove Hospital, following a long period of declining health and an illness of a week.
Mrs. Edwards was a native of Butts County and spent the greater part of her life here where she was a member of Fellowship Presbyterian Church, she and her husband taking an active role in church affairs. Particularly hard hit by the angel of death was Mr. [Alvin Howard] Edwards who, in the brief span of two hours, lost both a wife and a brother.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock from the Fellowship Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Jerry Tabler, pastor of the Jackson and Fellowship Presbyterian Churches, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Tom TidwelI of Union Point, a former pastor at Fellowship. Interment was in the Fellowship Cemetery with Haisten Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers were Johnny ColweII, Elmo ColweII Jr., J. D. Pope, George ColwelI, Walter Barnes, Harry Ridgeway.
Mrs. Edwards is survived by her husband, Albert H. Edwards; one daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Boyd of Jackson; one son, Thomas H. Edwards of Atlanta; four sisters, Mrs. Frances Barnes and Mrs. Prudence Goens, both of Jackson; Mrs. EsteIIe Spruce of Griffin, and Mrs. Florence English of Barnesville; three grandchildren; two great grandchildren.
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Mrs. Edwards Dies Tuesday At Hospital
Mrs. Ollie Mae Brantley Edwards, 71, of the West Butts Community, wife of Albert Howard Edwards, died Tuesday morning about 8:30 o'clock at Sylvan Grove Hospital, following a long period of declining health and an illness of a week.
Mrs. Edwards was a native of Butts County and spent the greater part of her life here where she was a member of Fellowship Presbyterian Church, she and her husband taking an active role in church affairs. Particularly hard hit by the angel of death was Mr. [Alvin Howard] Edwards who, in the brief span of two hours, lost both a wife and a brother.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock from the Fellowship Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Jerry Tabler, pastor of the Jackson and Fellowship Presbyterian Churches, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Tom TidwelI of Union Point, a former pastor at Fellowship. Interment was in the Fellowship Cemetery with Haisten Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers were Johnny ColweII, Elmo ColweII Jr., J. D. Pope, George ColwelI, Walter Barnes, Harry Ridgeway.
Mrs. Edwards is survived by her husband, Albert H. Edwards; one daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Boyd of Jackson; one son, Thomas H. Edwards of Atlanta; four sisters, Mrs. Frances Barnes and Mrs. Prudence Goens, both of Jackson; Mrs. EsteIIe Spruce of Griffin, and Mrs. Florence English of Barnesville; three grandchildren; two great grandchildren.
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From the Jackson Progress Argus, 08 July 1965
Mrs. Edwards Dies Tuesday At Hospital
Mrs. Ollie Mae Brantley Edwards, 71, of the West Butts Community, wife of Albert Howard Edwards, died Tuesday morning about 8:30 o'clock at Sylvan Grove Hospital, following a long period of declining health and an illness of a week.
Mrs. Edwards was a native of Butts County and spent the greater part of her life here where she was a member of Fellowship Presbyterian Church, she and her husband taking an active role in church affairs. Particularly hard hit by the angel of death was Mr. [Alvin Howard] Edwards who, in the brief span of two hours, lost both a wife and a brother.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock from the Fellowship Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Jerry Tabler, pastor of the Jackson and Fellowship Presbyterian Churches, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Tom TidwelI of Union Point, a former pastor at Fellowship. Interment was in the Fellowship Cemetery with Haisten Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers were Johnny ColweII, Elmo ColweII Jr., J. D. Pope, George ColwelI, Walter Barnes, Harry Ridgeway.
Mrs. Edwards is survived by her husband, Albert H. Edwards; one daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Boyd of Jackson; one son, Thomas H. Edwards of Atlanta; four sisters, Mrs. Frances Barnes and Mrs. Prudence Goens, both of Jackson; Mrs. EsteIIe Spruce of Griffin, and Mrs. Florence English of Barnesville; three grandchildren; two great grandchildren.
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Mrs. Edwards Dies Tuesday At Hospital
Mrs. Ollie Mae Brantley Edwards, 71, of the West Butts Community, wife of Albert Howard Edwards, died Tuesday morning about 8:30 o'clock at Sylvan Grove Hospital, following a long period of declining health and an illness of a week.
Mrs. Edwards was a native of Butts County and spent the greater part of her life here where she was a member of Fellowship Presbyterian Church, she and her husband taking an active role in church affairs. Particularly hard hit by the angel of death was Mr. [Alvin Howard] Edwards who, in the brief span of two hours, lost both a wife and a brother.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock from the Fellowship Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Jerry Tabler, pastor of the Jackson and Fellowship Presbyterian Churches, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Tom TidwelI of Union Point, a former pastor at Fellowship. Interment was in the Fellowship Cemetery with Haisten Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers were Johnny ColweII, Elmo ColweII Jr., J. D. Pope, George ColwelI, Walter Barnes, Harry Ridgeway.
Mrs. Edwards is survived by her husband, Albert H. Edwards; one daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Boyd of Jackson; one son, Thomas H. Edwards of Atlanta; four sisters, Mrs. Frances Barnes and Mrs. Prudence Goens, both of Jackson; Mrs. EsteIIe Spruce of Griffin, and Mrs. Florence English of Barnesville; three grandchildren; two great grandchildren.
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EDWARDS
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JULY 6, 1965
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