The Louisiana State Death Certificate Index states she died on the 27th, which conflicts with the headstone date of the 25th. The obituary below confirms the death certificate date (Friday being on the 27th). The death certificate also states she was born in Mobile, AL and her father's name was Joe Landrum.
Jena Times April 2, 1936
Mrs. Dicy Edwards Dies at the Home of Daughter Friday
The death of Mrs. Dicy Edwards, 78, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. E. Boyd in Jonesville last Friday morning at 4 o'clock came as a distinct shock to her many friends and relatives of this section where she had made her home since coming to Louisiana from her birthplace in Mississippi about seventy years ago.
Mrs. Edwards was a member of the Pine Grove Baptist Church, having united with the Baptist religion when only 18 years of age. Her husband, W. G. Edwards, preceded her to the grave two years ago.
Funeral services were held at the Pine Grove Cemetery at noon, with interment following in the cemetery at that place. Rev. R. M. Doughty of Tullos, officiated at the services.
The deceased is survived by the following sons and daughters: John M., Tom, and Genie of Jena; Bob and Henry of Ferriday; Mrs. C. E. Boyd, Jonesville; Mrs. C. E. Walker, Gilbert; Mrs. Walter Bell, Aimwell and Mrs. W. F. Lees, Jena. She also leaves upwards of sixty grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
The Louisiana State Death Certificate Index states she died on the 27th, which conflicts with the headstone date of the 25th. The obituary below confirms the death certificate date (Friday being on the 27th). The death certificate also states she was born in Mobile, AL and her father's name was Joe Landrum.
Jena Times April 2, 1936
Mrs. Dicy Edwards Dies at the Home of Daughter Friday
The death of Mrs. Dicy Edwards, 78, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. E. Boyd in Jonesville last Friday morning at 4 o'clock came as a distinct shock to her many friends and relatives of this section where she had made her home since coming to Louisiana from her birthplace in Mississippi about seventy years ago.
Mrs. Edwards was a member of the Pine Grove Baptist Church, having united with the Baptist religion when only 18 years of age. Her husband, W. G. Edwards, preceded her to the grave two years ago.
Funeral services were held at the Pine Grove Cemetery at noon, with interment following in the cemetery at that place. Rev. R. M. Doughty of Tullos, officiated at the services.
The deceased is survived by the following sons and daughters: John M., Tom, and Genie of Jena; Bob and Henry of Ferriday; Mrs. C. E. Boyd, Jonesville; Mrs. C. E. Walker, Gilbert; Mrs. Walter Bell, Aimwell and Mrs. W. F. Lees, Jena. She also leaves upwards of sixty grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
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Family Members
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Oliver A. Edwards
1879–1908
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William Thomas "Tom" Edwards
1881–1965
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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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