AVERY COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Edgar W. Calhoun, 4 Nov 2004
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Edgar W. Calhoun

CANTON, Ohio -- Edgar W. Calhoun, 82, of Canton, died Thursday, November 
4, 2004, at his home.

Edgar was born in Newland, N.C., to the late Roy and Oma Calhoun and was 
a Canton resident since 1953. In addition to his parents, he was preceded 
in death by two brothers and a sister.

Edgar retired from the Timken Company in 1981 after 28 years of service. 
He was a member of Central Baptist Church and a WWII Navy veteran.

Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Myrtle R. Calhoun; a daughter and 
son-in-law, Catherine and James T. Sanderson, Navarre; a son and daughter-
in-law, Charles and Evelyn Calhoun, Massillon; four grandchildren, Jeffery 
Calhoun, Deerfield, Ill., Kristen Prough, Akron, Jennifer Schoen and James 
J. Sanderson, both of Canton; seven great-grandchildren, Michael Prough, 
Johnathan and Joshua Schoen and Kyle, Mariah, Luke and Isaac Sanderson; 
four brothers and two sisters-in-law, Raymond and Pearl Calhoun, Hampton, 
Tenn., Russell and June Calhoun, Athens, Ga., Harvey Calhoun, Akron, and 
John Calhoun, Hampton, Tenn.; a sister, Shelby Jean Carroll, Hampton, Tenn.; 
and his stepmother, Ethel Calhoun, Hampton, Tenn. Numerous nieces and nephews 
also survive.

Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday, November 8, at Central 
Baptist Church with Pastor Randy Newcomer officiating. Interment will follow 
at Sunset Hills Burial Park. Friends may call at Kreighbaum-Sanders Funeral 
Home, South Cleveland Avenue, Canton, from 2 until 5 p.m. Sunday. Friends may 
also call from 9 until 10 a.m. Monday, prior to the services at the church. 
Donations in Edgar's memory may be made to Central Baptist Church Missions 
Fund, 4736 Tuscarawas Street, W. Canton, OH 44708.

Kreighbaum-Sanders Funeral Home, 4041 Cleveland Avenue S, Canton, Ohio, (330) 
484-2525, is in charge of arrangements.

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