Obituaries:  Charles "Don" Edwards, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       E-363
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 1, 1995
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Charles "Don" Edwards

  Funeral services for Mr. Charles D. "Don" Edwards, 67, of
Mansfield, were held Tuesday, Oct. 31, 1995, at the Rose-Neath
Mansfield Chapel, with Dr. George Harbuck, and the Rev. Jack
Phelps officiating. Mr. Edwards died Friday, Oct. 27, 1995, and
was buried at Noble Cemetery, under the direction of the
Rose-Neath Funeral Home of Mansfield.

  A native of Noble, Mr. Edwards graduated from Noble High School,
and completed one year of college. He went on to serve in the
U.S. Air Force during World War II, and later became owner of the
Don Edwards Timber & Tire Co. He was a member of Scottish Rite,
Eastern Star #103 Mansfield, El Karubah Temple, Shriners, Master
Mason, and a member with the DeSoto Chapter #64. He belonged to
the First United Methodist Church of Mansfield.

  Mr. Edwards was preceded in death by his father, Charles L.
Edwards; his mother, Elsie Tatum Edwards; and sister, Edith
Edwards Cook.

  Survivors include his wife, Mildred H. Edwards; son, Jerry Don
Edwards and wife Nancy of Mansfield; stepson, Lonnie G. Murphy of
Fort Worth, Texas; daughter, Donna Kay Torr and husband Douglas
of Odessa, Texas; stepdaughter, Linda Hightower and husband John
of Homer; sisters, Rita Herring and husband Ed of Duncan,
Oklahoma, and Mary Alice Brasher and husband Ted of Mansfield;
brother, Mac Edwards and wife Lucelle of Mansfield;
grandchildren, Jessica Tatum Smith, Marissa Kaye Smith, Kallie,
and Jordan Torr, Amy, and Charlie Edwards, Wendy Vogel, Misty
Foster, Frosty Neal, Christy Chandler, and Cyndi Hightower; seven
great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers were Charles Cook, Randy Cook, Tommy Cook, John
Louis Edwards, Sammy Henderson, Ronnie Herring, David Herring,
and Roy Hildebrand.

  In lieu of flowers, memorials were made to the First United
Methodist Church of Mansfield.