Jena Times, September 9, 1965 Page 1, Column 1
W.T. Edwards Of Jena Succumbs
Funeral services for William Thomas Edwards, 83, of Jena were held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Jena First Baptist church with the Rev. Dan Blake, the Rev. K.G. Brooks and the Rev. M.M. Melder officiating. Burial followed at Pine Grove cemetery near Rhinehart under the direction of Hexson Brothers funeral home of Jena.
Mr. Edwards, a life-time resident of Jena, died in a local hospital at 4 p.m. Friday. he was a retired farmer.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Minnie Adams Edwards of Jena; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Edwards McClure of Jena; four sons, Al Edwards and Tollie Edwards, both of Jena, Bob Edwards of Shider, Okla. and Roy Edwards of West Monroe; one brother, Genie Edwards of Jena; two sisters, Mrs. Sallie Edwards Murphey of Jena and Mrs. Emmitt Edwards Walker of Jonesville; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Nick Edwards, Curtis Lees, Henry Lees, Orville Bell, William Bell and Willie Walker.
Jena Times, September 9, 1965 Page 1, Column 1
W.T. Edwards Of Jena Succumbs
Funeral services for William Thomas Edwards, 83, of Jena were held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Jena First Baptist church with the Rev. Dan Blake, the Rev. K.G. Brooks and the Rev. M.M. Melder officiating. Burial followed at Pine Grove cemetery near Rhinehart under the direction of Hexson Brothers funeral home of Jena.
Mr. Edwards, a life-time resident of Jena, died in a local hospital at 4 p.m. Friday. he was a retired farmer.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Minnie Adams Edwards of Jena; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Edwards McClure of Jena; four sons, Al Edwards and Tollie Edwards, both of Jena, Bob Edwards of Shider, Okla. and Roy Edwards of West Monroe; one brother, Genie Edwards of Jena; two sisters, Mrs. Sallie Edwards Murphey of Jena and Mrs. Emmitt Edwards Walker of Jonesville; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Nick Edwards, Curtis Lees, Henry Lees, Orville Bell, William Bell and Willie Walker.
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Oliver A. Edwards
1879–1908
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John Marion Edwards
1883–1937
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Laura Malissa Edwards Bell
1885–1957
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Mell Vena Edwards Boyd
1888–1941
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Emitt Edwards Walker
1889–1977
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Robert Lee "Bob" Edwards
1892–1944
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Sallie Edwards Murphy
1894–1979
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Albert Jefferson Edwards
1896–1900
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Henry W Edwards
1899–1958
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Eugene "Genie" Edwards
1901–1973
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