Obituary of HENRY W. EDWARDS, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date: September 18, 1958

Headline:  Henry W. Edwards Dies in Ferriday

Final rites for Henry W. Edwards, 59 year old Ferriday resident, were held 
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. 
Shirley Briggs conducting the services, assisted by the Rev. J. H. Hamilton 
and the Rev. J. O. McNair.  Burial followed in the Ferriday Cemetery under 
the direction of Young's Funeral Home.

A retired barber, Mr. Edwards died Monday in a New Orleans hospital after a 
lengthy illness.  He was a native of Jena but had lived in Ferriday for about 
30 years.  He had wide family connections in Jena and Jonesville and in 
LaSalle and Catahoula parishes.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Annie Edwards of Ferriday; two daughters, Mrs. 
H. T. Young of Jonesville and Mrs. Joseph Lawless of Ferriday; a son, Henry, 
Jr., of Ferriday; two sisters, Mrs. Charlie Walker of Jonesville and Mrs. 
Sally Murphy of Jena, and two brothers, Tom and Eugene (Genie), both of Jena.

Pallbearers serving at the final rites were T. M. Wilson, Jr., Bernard 
McGlothin, Marcus Schuchs, Lonnie Hall, Johnny Enterkin, B. C. Carruthers, 
Austin Wilson and Noah Cross.