Obit: Kenneth Allen Edwards, Texarkana, Bowie Co., Texas - Miller Co., Arkansas
12/25/1967
Mrs. Estelle Edwards, Route 2, Box 403, Texarkana, has been notified of
her son Kenneth Allen Edwards on board the USS Kersage,
He is a 1953 graduate of Arkansas High School.

12/28/1967
Texarkana Sailor Dies in Ship Fire
First Class Petty Officer Kenneth Allen Edwards, 32, of Texarkana, Texas,
was killed Dec. 23 in a fire on board ship while serving with the U. S. Navy 
in Japan.
Born June 29, 1935, in Texarkana, he was a lifetime resident of the city.
He was a 1953 graduate of Arkansas High School and entered the Navy in 1954. 
He was a member of Eylau Baptist Church.
Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Estelle Edwards of Texarkana, two brothers,
Phillip L. Edwards of the U. S. Navy in Charlston, S. C., and Keith Edwards 
of the U. S. Navy Jacksonville, Fla.; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Clark C. Campbell of Texarkana, two nieces, Pamela and Lacretia Edwards, 
and a nephew, Phillip L. Edwards, Jr., all of Charlston, S. C. and a number
of Aunts and Uncles.
The body will be returned to Texarkana Funeral Home for funeral arrangements.

1/03/1968
Kenneth Allen Edwards
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Texarkana Funeral Home
Chapel for First Class Petty Officer Kenneth Allen Edwards, 32, of 
Rt. XX, Box XX, Texarkana, who was killed Dec. 23, 1967, in a fire
aboard the USS Keersarge.
Lieutenant Gaston will officiate.
Burial will be in redwater Cemetery with full military rites.
Edwards was a member of Eylau Baptist Church and had served in the US Navy
since 1954.
Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Estelle Edwards of Texarkana, two brothers,
Phillip L. Edwards of the US Navy at Charleston, S. C., and Keith Edwards of the
US Navy at Jacksonville, Fla., his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clark C. Campbell 
of Texarkana, two nieces, Pamela and Lucreatia Edwards of Charlston, a nephew 
Phillip L. Edwards, Jr., of Charleston, and several Aunts and Uncles.



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