"E" OBITUARIES

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KENNETT, MO -- EVERETT H. EDWARDS, 70, formerly of Clay County, Ark., retired bakery manager, died Thursday of pneumonia at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Mitchell Funeral Home of Rector, Ark., with burial in Woodland Heights Cemetery there. He was a Baptist.
Mr. Edwards leaves four sisters, Juanita Meredith and Erma Lee Boase, both of Rockford, Ill., Lucille Williams of Fredericktown (MO) and Mary Williams of Kennett, and two brothers, John Henry Edwards and J. W. Edwards, both of Rector.
--Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) - April 2, 1994

WELDON CLAYBORN EMMONS, 83, of Cape Girardeau, MO died Monday, Oct. 2, 2006 at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Nov. 9, 1922 in Corning, Ark., son of John Timothy and Mary Griffith Emmons.
Emmons was a truck driver many years. He was a veteran of World War II and served in the U. S. Army, Navy and Coast Guard.
Survivors include three sons, Larry Emmons of Diamond Bar, CA, Timothy Emmons of Chino, CA, Bill Emmons of San Bernardino, CA; a daughter, Mary Emmons of Cabazon, CA; two brothers, Vernon Emmons of Blackville, SC, Lynn Emmons of Paducah, KY; two sisters, Gail Fletcher of Cape Girardeau, Glenda Henry of Tucson, AZ; 14 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers.
Graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, with the Rev. Cy Smith officiating. Full military honors will be conducted by Missouri Honor Team. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

CORNING, Ark. - WINSTON EZELL, 71, died at 1:13 p.m. Aug. 22, 2001 at Arkansas Methodist Hospital in Paragould.
Born Aug. 4, 1930, in Athens, Ala., son of the late Lemuel Horace and Jessie Elizabeth Owen Ezell, he was a retired self-employed construction worker and served with the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He was affiliated with the Church of Christ. He owned and operated Ezell Pipe and Ditching and worked with land owners and operators in New Madrid, Scott and Stoddard counties in Missouri.
On Nov. 14, 1954, he married Frances Ezell who survives of the home.
Other survivors include: two sons and one daughter-in-law, Jim Ezell of Corning and Wayne and Kolynn Ezell of Cabot; one daughter and son-in-law, Sandy and Randy Anders of Corning; one brother, James Ezell of Jonesboro; two sisters, Sarah Springer of Nolensville, Tenn., and Martha Neal of Germantown, Tenn.; and 12 grandchildren.
One son, Larry Ray Ezell, preceded him in death on May 22, 1999.
Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today at Ermert Funeral Home in Corning where services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday with Mark Springer officiating. Burial will follow in the Corning Cemetery.
--Sikeston (Mo) Standard Democrat, Friday, August 24, 2001

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