EDWARDS OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri ==================================================================== EDWARDS, Jessie Agnes DODY 1895 - 1997 Jessie Agnes Edwards, 101, Springfield, died March 5, 1997, in Chester County Nursing Home, Henderson, Tennessee. She was born October 22, 1895, and was reared in the Brownington area, the daughter of the late Charles A. and Eliza Jane Blackburn Dody. She attended school in the Brownington area. She was married May 28, 1919, to Darsie Everett Edwards. They made their home in the Nevada- Carthage and Springfield areas of Missouri, where Mr. Edwards farmed. He died in 1989. She was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary in Springfield and was a loyal member of the Church of Christ, the Kansas Expressway and North National churches in Springfield. She is survived by four sons, John L. Edwards, Sun City West, Arizona, Glenn C. Edwards, Nixa, Homer L. Edwards, San Gabriel, California, and Earl D. Edwards, Henderson, Tennessee; four daughters, Clara M. Sass, Nevada, Mo., Helen L. Weger, Colbert, Oklahoma, Martha D. Moser, Belle Vista, Arkansas, and Mary B. Barton, Henderson, Tennessee; 17 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one sister, Mrs. Emma Boyd; four brothers, Chris, Arthur, William and Earl Dody. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 8, at the Greenlawn Funeral Home in Springfield with Clarence Feeney officiating. Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery. Nephews and nieces attending the service from this and other areas were Mr. and Mrs. (Ben) Earl Dody, Jr., Mrs. Ivonne Huey, Mrs. Mary Boyd of Clinton, Becky Boyd of Lebanon, Mary Beth Smith and Bethany Waugh of Overland Park, Kansas, Mrs. Donna Cruse of Hermitage, and Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Howard and Mrs. Della Maye Fowler of Windsor. EDWARDS, Laura D. ACOCK 1871 - 1943 Rogers Arkansas Daily News, Friday, April 9, 1943 - Mrs. Laura Decker Edwards, 72 years old, died Friday morning at 9:25 o'clock after a long illness at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Paul Hughes, 515 North Third street. Mrs. Edwards came to Rogers in 1893. She was the wife of the late W.L. Edwards, former grocery store owner, who died in November 1930. Survivors beside the daughter Mrs. Hughes, with whom she made her home, are a son Howard Edwards, of Tulsa, Okla.; four grandchildren, Mary Jean and Billy Thomas Hughes of Rogers, Miss Laura Edwards and Mrs. Reeves Williams Jr. both of Tulsa, and a brother, Dick Acock, of Lincoln, Mo. Funeral services will be held at 4:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Callison funeral home. The Rev. E.K. Means, pastor of the Methodist church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Rogers cemetery. EDWARDS, W. L. 1866 - 1930 W.L. Edwards at Rest. W.L. Edwards was born near Windsor, Mo., August 6, 1866 and died November 13, 1930 at Rogers, Ark. He was married to Miss Laura Acock January 14, 1894. Two children were born to this union, Howard and Mrs. Paul Hughes. He went to Rogers, Ark., in 1894, and went into the grocery business and had been in the business continuously since. He had been in declining health for a number of years, but the immediate cause of his death was apoplexy. He passed peacefully away shortly before 8 o'clock Thursday morning, November 13, surrounded by his wife, children, grandchildren, sisters and Guy Anderson, a dear friend, who had so tenderly cared for him during his last illness. Deceased was a high type Christian citizen, putting into his business the Golden Rule, making a personal friend of each customer. He was Rogers' pioneer business man. Even after his health began to fail and he could not do as much as in former years, he went daily to smile a kindly greeting to friends and customers and do everything possible to help his only son, Howard, who operated the store. This son will miss this dear father's advice in the days to come and find he is constantly turning to his chair. But he has left a heritage of a noble life to those who are dear to him. The love of home was always uppermost in his life. He was informed on every question of the day, as he always read papers, magazines and books. He had a lovely flower garden, which he shared with the entire community. Roses were his favorite and he had many rare bushes, that were a joy to his town. Funeral services were from the Central Methodist Church, South, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Womack, who was a close friend. The floral offerings were many and beautiful. His body was laid to rest in Rogers cemetery surrounded by a large circle of his friends. Besides his wife and two children he leaves four grandchildren, Mary Jean and Billy Thomas Hughes, Laura Mae and Helen Edwards, Three sisters, Mrs. E.D. Gray, of Calhoun; Mrs. E.M. Adams, Red Lodge, Montana and Mrs. W.E. Johnson of Clinton. Mrs. Gray and Mrs. Johnson were at the bedside during the last illness. Others who went from here to attend the funeral were: W.E. Johnson of Clinton, Mrs. R.G. Askins and son, Edwin, Miss Audrey Gray, of Calhoun, and Israel Inglish, of Windsor. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. 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