Obit of Edwards, Marguerite - Kiowa County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Terri     18 Sep 2005
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::Oakhill Ceemtery--McAlester OK

wSurnames: EDWARDS, STIPE, GATTENBY, STOKES, MITCHELL, HEATHCOCK, LEFLER, 
BOWLES, BERESFORD, TAYLOR, SMITH, MORGAN

Marguerite Edwards

from 4-23-2003 Examiner Enterprise

Marguerite Edwards, 102, of McAlester, Okla., died Easter Sunday, April 
20, 2003 at McAlester Regional Health Center.

Services were held 10 a.m. April 23, 2003 at McAlester First Baptist 
Church with the Dr. Randall Adams officiating. Interment will be in the 
Masonic section of Oak Hill Cemetery under the direction of Bishop Funeral 
Service in McAlester.

Pallbearers included Senator Gene Stipe, Ray Gattenby, Clyde Stokes, David 
Mitchell, Clyde Heathcock and Neal Lefler.

Marguerite was born June 29, 1900 in Louisville, Kentucky to Joseph H. and 
Mollie Adair Bowles. She and her family came to Oklahoma from Kentucky in 
1912 by train. Her father was a Baptist Minister and she lived in several 
communities across Oklahoma before moving to McAlester.

Marguerite began her teaching career in Fargo, Okla., very early in life, 
and continued her teaching career while earning her teacher's degree in 
Weatherford, Okla. She completed her education in 1932 and she married 
Collins P. "Plowboy" Edwards in Hobart, Okla., on June 29, 1934, and moved 
to McAlester in 1943.

She had a teaching career for over 50 years, 25 of those years were spent 
teaching at Edmond Doyle Elementary School in McAlester. She was an active 
member for 60 years at the First Baptist Church of McAlester and served as 
a Sunday school teacher in several departments. She was also the Sunday 
School director of the Senior Adult Department and a member of the Church 
Choir for many years.


She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter 149 for over 50 
years, a member of the D.A.R. (Daughters of American Revolution) and a 
member of the Oklahoma Retired Teachers organization. Marguerite Edwards 
was a friend and mentor to many students and young teachers who learned 
under her teaching.

Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Joe H. and Linda Edwards of 
Bartlesville; a grandson, Wade Collins Edwards of Oxnard, Calif.; a 
sister, Mollie Lee Beresford and family of Denver, Colo.; five nieces and 
nephews, Virginia Lee Beresford and family of Denver, Colo., Lillian 
Taylor and family of Ponca City, Okla., Joann Smith and family of Tulsa, 
Brosha Gattenby of McAlester, Darrieux Morgan of Rock Hill, S.C., and 
Denver Edwards of Hobart, Okla.; five grand-nephews and one grand-niece; a 
sister-in-law, Opal Edwards, of Hobart, Okla.; two cousins, Donald Bowles 
and family of Dallas, Texas, and Loyd Bowles and family of Dallas, Texas; 
and a host of friends and acquaintances.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Mollie Bowles; her 
husband, Collins P. "Plowboy" Edwards on March 21, 1979; and two brothers, 
Joseph Bowles and Cornelius Bowles.
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