Cobb County GaArchives Obituaries.....Edmonston, W E 1918 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: M Little http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006458 December 3, 2008, 7:20 pm The Marietta Journal & Courier March 8, 1918 W E EDMONSTON DIES; WAS NATIVE OF GEORGIA W E EDMONSTON, 57 years of age, died at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon at his home, 202 Dennis Avenue, after an illness of several weeks duration. Mr EDMONSTON was born August 10, 1860, at Marietta, Ga. He came to Texas in 1882 with A L NELMS and continuously remained with the firm of Nelms & Co. He was also at the head of the firm of Edmonston, Mulvihill & Morgan, cotton weighers. Mr EDMONSTON is survived by his widow; two daughters, Mrs T H HUNTER Jr of Voth, Texas, and Mrs D D KRAHAL of Houston, one brother T C EDMONSTON and four grand-children. He was a member of Houston Lodge No. 151, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and of Cherokee Lodge of Masons of Marietta, Ga. The funeral will be held from the residence Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Rev William States JACOBS will conduct the services and interment will be in Glenwood cemetery. Following are the pall-bearers. Active, T E MULVIHILL, Edward MORGAN, Waters ELDRIDGE, Ed HEINE, Roscoe BLALOCK and Fred JEWITT; honorary, A L NELMS, Sam McNEIL, Thomas KEHOE, J D WOOLFORD. Henry PORTER, W E ATHENS, W S DICK, Dave RICE and F FONTENELL. - Houston Chronicle Mr EDMONSTON was married to Miss Fannie CARTLEDGE who was also reared in Marietta, and has relatives and many, many friends who will be greatly shocked and grieved at the news of his death. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/cobb/obits/e/edmonsto1243nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb