SNYDER--MR. JERRY EDWARDS, 77, of Snyder, died Saturday, February 26, 2000, at his residence. He was a native of Birmingham, AL; a resident of the Snyder community for the past two years and a resident of Lake Village for most of his life. He was a retired farmer and retired from the State Highway Department. He was an U. S. Army veteran of World War II and a member of the First Freewill Baptist Church in Lake Village. He was preceded in death by a daughter; Rebecca Ann Edwards Brake; two grandchildren; one great-grandchild; his parents; Austin & Deora Lee Thomas Edwards; three brothers and one sister.
Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Hazel Perry Edwards of Snyder; seven sons, Jerry Carlton Edwards, Jr. of Minden, LA, Martin Don Edwards of Bastrop, LA, Terry Wayne Edwards of Shawdaloo, LA, Kenneth Edwards of Hamburg, Eddie Edwards of Dermott, Robert Edwards of Lake Village and John Edwards of Snyder; four daughters, Jeanette Hutchinson of Tillar, Nancy Williamson of Portland, Linda Roberts of Hamburg and Annette Jones of Lake Village; a foster son, David Day of Bastrop, LA; two brothers, Charles E. & Donald Edwards, both of Magnolia; one sister, Virginia Grice of Parkdale; 26 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were planned for 2 p.m., Tuesday, February 29, in the Oak Grove Freewill Baptist Church with Revs. Ronnie Garrett and Rev. Phillip Payne officiating. Pallbearers were to be grandsons Donnie, Carlton, Jody, Kennon, Ronnie Jamie & Joey Edwards and Scooter Morphis. Honorary pallbearers were to be Ronald Clifton Edwards, Jamie Scroggins, Trey Jones, Kevin Day, Rusty & Dewayne Edwards and Dewayne McMickle. Interment was to follow services in the Oak Grove Cemetery, directed by Jones Funeral Home of Hamburg.  --Ashley County Ledger, Hamburg, AR, contributed by Kim Torp.


WILMOT--MRS. MABLE LEE EDWARDS, 87, of Wilmot died Monday, February 7, 2000, at Morehouse General Hospital in Bastrop, LA. Mrs. Edwards was a lifelong resident of Wilmot, a retired school teacher and farmer and a member of Shady Grove A.M.E. Church. She retired from teaching after 36 years and farming after 50 years.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Marie Watt of Wilmot, a grandson, Dewayne Watt of Wilmot, and a host of other relatives.
Funeral services were held Friday, February 11 at 1:00 p.m. at Shady Grove A.M.E. with the Rev. Nolan Watson officiating. Pallbearers were David Hill, Andrew Metcalf, Lorenzo Woods, William Jackson, Curtis Hillary and Charles Raino. Honorary pallbearers were Warren Fenceroy, William Wood, John Perkins and Cain Wilder.
Interment was in the Gospel Temple Cemetery under the direction of Cromwell Funeral Home.   --Ashley County Ledger, Hamburg, AR, contributed by Kim Torp.


CROSSETT, ARK--MRS. VIRGIE MAE ELLIS, 71, of Crossett died Saturday, February 19,2000, at the Southeast Arkansas Medical Center in El Dorado. Mrs. Ellis was a native of Colquitt, LA, and a member of the Pleasant Green Baptist Church. She was proceeded in death by one son, James E. Ellis, Jr.; her parents, Matthew and Fannie Taylor Chetham; and two brothers, Jessie and Sylvester Chetham.
She is survived by her husband of 50 years, James Ellis of Crossett; six sons: William Glenn and David Ellis of Crossett, Willie and Charles Ellis of Detroit, MI, Cleveland Ellis of Little Rock, and Carlos Ellis of Memphis, TN.; one daughter, Cheryl Walker of Crossett, and one adopted daughter, Sheila D. Wallace; one brother, Rochell Ellis of Detroit, MI; three sisters: Louise Jones of Crossett and Helen Newton and Lovie Bush, both of Flint, MI; 21 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were Friday, February 25 at 1:00 p.m. at New Bethel Baptist Church with the Rev. Byron Bess officiating. Pallbearers were Andre Ellis, Billy Ellis, Derrick Ellis, Ferrial Ellis, Marcus Ellis and Rochelle Ellis. Honorary pallbearers were Nathaniel Blake, Joe Green, Charles Moore and Clarence Steel. Interment was in the Westview Cemetery, directed by Cromwell Funeral Home of Hamburg.
--Ashley County Ledger, Hamburg, AR, contributed by Kim Torp.


Baton Rouge, LA--CARNEL EDWARD EVANS died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 1995, at his residence in Mer Rouge. He was 85, born Oct. 11, 1909, in Ashley County, Ark.
He was a retired merchant and farmer.
Religious services at United Methodist Church, Mer Rouge, at 10 a.m. Thursday, conducted by the Rev. Ramon Warren. Interment in Bonidee-Harp Cemetery.
Survived by a daughter, Norma Jean "Tut" Jordan, Bastrop; two sons, Daniel Harp Evans, Prairieville, and Charles Edward Evans Sr., Bastrop; eight grandsons, a granddaughter, and five great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death by wife, Vivian Harp Evans.
Pallbearers will be grandsons, Michael Evans King, Charles Walker King, Robert Walker King, Patrick Harp Evans, Eric Paul Evans, Charles Edward Evans Jr., David Harp Evans and Joseph Gillen Evans. Golden Funeral Home, Bastrop, in charge of arrangements.
--Advocate, The (Baton Rouge, LA) - August 17, 1995