Milam Co., TX - Obits: Edgar Louis Cheatham, Jr.
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CHEATHAM, Edgar Louis Jr.
Oct 4, 2000

Funeral services for Edgar Louis (E.L.) Cheatham Jr., 76, of Cameron were held
Saturday, Oct. 7, 2000 at Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home in Cameron with
Rev. James E. Lafferty officiating. Burial followed in Cook Walden/Capital
Park Cemetery in Pflugerville. He died Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2000 in a Temple
hospital.

Mr. Cheatham was born July 8, 1924 in Madison County to Edgar Louis and
Merttie Mae Lindley Cheatham. He married Nell Sorenson June 17, 1961. He was
an Army veteran of World War II. He retired as a millwright from Alcoa in
Rockdale. Mr. Cheatham was a member of the Battetown Baptist Church where he
served as chairman of the deacons. Mr. Cheatham was a member of the Cameron
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2010, American Legion Edwin Hardy Post #9 and
the Cameron Evening Lions Club. He had served with the Civil Conservation
Corporation. He volunteered delivery of meals to the elderly for Hill Country
Services.

Mr. Cheatham was preceded in death by son Jack Allen Konopackie; granddaughter
Lisa Lovell and nephew Wayne Ercanbrack.

Surviving are: Wife, Nell Cheatham, Cameron; son, Rev. Tim Cheatham, Cameron;
daughter, Sherry Nell Lovell, Freeport; brother, Julius Cheatham, Bastrop;
sister, Mary Etta Ercanbrack, Lake Jackson and three grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the Battetown Baptist Church, 401 E. 22nd, Cameron,
TX 76520.