Obituaries:  J. H. Edwards Jr., Sabine Parish       E-363
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 11, 1974
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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J. H. Edwards Jr.

  Lt. Col. (Ret.) James H. Edwards Jr., 67, of Pleasant Hill, died
at 8:20 p.m., Saturday, April 6, at the Barksdale Air Firce Base
Hospital, after a long illness.

  A native of Lebanon, Ore., Mr. Edwards had resided in Pleasant
Hill for 12 years. He was retired from the U. S. Army.

  He was a veteran of World War II, taking part in the occupation
of the Phillipines and Japan, and serving two tours of duty in
occupied Germany. He was a past commander of the Oliff Fair Post
No. 300 of the American Legion, and a member of the Retired
Officers Association, and the First Methodist Church of
Centralia, Ill.

  Private funeral services were held Sunday, April 7, at the
Osborn Funeral Home.

  Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Miriam LaFitte Edwards; a
daughter, Mrs. Bonnie Hight of Pelican; three sons, James H.
Edwards III of Shreveport, Bruce Edwards, and Glenn Edwards, both
of Pleasant Hill; one stepson, Robert Newson of Los Altos Hills,
Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Viola Dozier of Punta Gorda, Fla., and
Mrs. Eula Tucker of Delhi, New York; and six grandchildren.

  The family has requested that any memorials be made to the
American Cancer Society.