Sabine County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Juanita January 26, 2015
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Sabine Index, Many,La  Feb. 4, 2015
Mary Juanita Salter Edwards, longtime resident of Many, was surrounded by family
as she passed away on Monday, Jan. 26, at Willis Knighton Piermont Hospital in
Shreveport. She was 93 years old. Juanita, or “Punk” as her siblings called her,
was preceded in death by her parents, Edward Fore Salter and Lula Isabelle
Miller Salter; her brothers and sisters, Leon Darby Salter, Ernest Edward
Salter, Frank Elton Salter, Devonia Salter Willard, Ruth Salter LaCour Tompkins,
Leona Salter Wright, Norman Salter, Georgia Salter Gardner, James Kirk Salter,
Thelma Salter Davenport, Exa Salter Diebel, Betty Lou Salter Manenaand Jim
Salter and her adoring husband of 35 years, Eustace Louis  Edwards, Jr. Juanita
was born on a farm outside of Negreet on Jan. 17, 1922.  She graduated from
Negreet High School, then obtained her nursing degree from Shreveport Charity
Hospital before bravely embarking on adventures in Philadelphia, New York,
Seattle, and Los Angeles for additional nursing training and education for
several years. Despite her time exploring many of the largest cities in the
United States, she was a small town girl at heart and returned to Many, where
she met her husband, Eustace, and settled down. Juanita’s passion was her
family. Her husband, parents, siblings and their families, children,
grandchildren and great grandchildren all benefitted greatly from her loving
care and affection. Over the years, Juanita enjoyed playing golf and bridge with
dear friends and family, and in recent years picked up the sport of beanbag
baseball. She was a beloved and respected member of the First Baptist Church in
Many as well as the devoted head of the Many Cemetery committee. She spent
countless hours working to raise money for cemetery maintenance, and worked at
everything from repairing sprinklers to pulling weeds and wiping off headstones
of the departed souls on Capitol Street. No job was too big or too small when it
came to caring for the cemetery. Dressed in her colorful, impeccably ironed
button-down shirts and capri-pants and sporting her signature red lipstick,
Juanita taught us that the wild concrete jungles of the big cities are no match
for Louisiana farm girls; ice cream sandwiches cure any ailment from skinned
knees to hurt feelings; a woman should never leave the house without makeup on
her face and ample stocks of lipstick, butterscotch candy, Clorets gum, and
Kleenex; elegance and toil are not mutually exclusive; whacking multiple water
moccasin snakes (or “snecks” as she called them) in half with a hoe, mowing the
lawn, clearing the flower beds, reading a book, and preparing a brisket dinner
and all the fixin’s are all in a day’s work; homemade satin pillowcases provide
comfort through any and all of life’s transitions; if momma says “no,” ask
Nannie; nursing is more than a job, it’s a lifetime commitment to caring for
others, anticipating their needs, and treating their pains with selfless and
loving devotion; family is about love, support, laughter, good food, hard work,
squabbles, disagreements, and never giving up on each other. She will be
profoundly missed by her children, Eustace Louis (Tripp) Edwards, III and his
wife, Diane McComic Edwards, and Betty Edwards Hunt and her husband, Eugene
Pitts Hunt, III; her beloved grandchildren, Stacey Edwards Piserchio, Jonathan
Louis Edwards, Mary Edwards Sundborg, Lauren Hunt Krauss, Lindsey Hunt Detwiler,
Leslie Elizabeth Hunt and their spouses and her five greatgrandchildren as well
as her brother-in-law, William F. Edwards and a host of nieces, nephews and
friends. On Saturday, Jan. 31, Juanita was laid to rest beside her husband in
Many Cemetery where she poured her blood, sweat, and tears for so many years.
Peace at last! Services were at the First Baptist Church of Many. In lieu of
flowers the family requests that donations be made to the Many Cemetery Fund or
Shriners Hospital for Children in Shreveport. The family extends special thanks
to Juanita’s longtime physician, Dr. Alan J. Borne, the nursing staff at the
Stiles Apartments at The Glen, and her loving caregivers, Meoshia Fair, Johnetta
Perkins and Holly Ashley.

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