OBIT: Mamie Bee Edwards, 2002, Casey Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** From the Danville Advocate Messenger, 11 July 2002 LIBERTY -- Services for Mamie Bee Edwards, 86, of Liberty will be 2 p.m. Friday at Bartle Funeral Home by Raymond Alstott. Burial will be in Poplar Grove Cemetery. She died Monday at Liberty Care Center. Born June 16, 1916, in Casey County, she was a daughter of the late Turner and Lena Hall Downs. She was a homemaker, a member of the Holinesss Church and the widow of George W. Edwards. Survivors include two daughters, Louise H. Smith of Newport and Adell Johnson of Liberty; a son, William C. Edwards of Hustonville; two brothers, Herbert and Floyd Downs; 13 grandchildren; and several great- and great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Bennie R. Edwards; and two grandchildren. Visitation will be after 6 p.m. today.