Obituaries:  Mr. Oliver Anderson Edwards, Sabine Parish       E-363
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 20, 1995
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mr. Oliver Anderson Edwards (Photo)

  Services for Mr. Edwards, 69, of Noble, were held at the
Lakeside Baptist Church in Converse, at 2 p.m., Tuesday September
19.

  The Rev. Marshall Ingalls officiated. Eulogy was given by Maxim
Larsceingue. Burial was in Noble Cemetery in Noble, under the
direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home of Many.

  Mr. Edwards passed away on Sunday, September 17, in Willis
Knighton North Medical Center in Shreveport. He was a resident of
Noble for the last ten years, and previously resided in Houma and
Lafayette. He was a 32nd Degree Mason with the Valley of Lake
Charles, and Four Rivers Blue Lodge #369. A Masonic service was
celebrated for the services, and a DVA ceremony was held at
graveside.

  Mr. Edwards was a member of the Noble Baptist Church. He was a
veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Navy, aboard the
U.S.S. Hendry. He was employed by Penrod Drilling Co. of Dallas,
Tex., for 33 years, retiring in 1985.

  Mr. Edwards was preceded in death by a daughter, Sharon Elaine
Edwards; and both parents, Johnnie Marion Edwards, and Lillie Mae
Davis Edwards of Jonesville, La.

  Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Robbie Jean Adkins
Edwards of Noble; four sons, Robert John Edwards and his wife
Sally of Converse, Michael A. Edwards and his wife Maxine of
Lafayette, James T. Edwards and his wife Terri of Lafayette,
Douglas Wayne Edwards and his wife Robbie of Florien. He is also
survived by three daughters, Mary Lou Larsceingue and her husband
Maxim of Euless, Texas, Carolyn Edwards Alleman and her husband
Rod of Mire, and Jo Ann Laxton and her husband Mike of
Mandeville; three sisters, Annie Lee Taylor, Nellie Davis, and
Dorothy Freeman, all of Jonesville; four brothers, Johnnie Frank
Edwards, and Robbie Joe Edwards, both of Jonesville, and Howard
Paul Edwards, and Norman Edwards, both of Ferriday; sixteen
grandchildren; two step grandchildren; one great grandson; and a
host of loving friends, and nieces, and nephews.

  Pallbearers for Tuesday's service were Robert Edwards, Mike
Edwards, James Edwards, Doug Edwards, Maxim Larsceingue, and Rod
Alleman.

  Honorary pallbearers were R. J. Edwards, Brandon Fontenot, Tryte
Edwards, Bruce Adkins, Bob Thompson, Joe Benefield, Fred Stagg,
Albert James, Mike Laxton, B. B. Hare, Clint Edwards, Joel
Weldon, Johnnie Edwards, Paul Edwards, Robbie Edwards, Norman
Edwards, Sonny Davis, and David Freeman.