|
a.
|
Note: The Southern Illinoisan, January 20, 2010 SESSER - Clyde Elmus Edwards, 83, died at 10:20 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 16,
2010, in Snyder Village in Metamora. Clyde was born Feb. 12, 1926, to
LeRoy and Isabelle (Issacs) Edwards in Thompsonville. On Oct. 4, 1947,
he married Velma Christine Rich in Benton. He was retired from
Caterpillar. Surviving are two sons, Clyde Eugene Edwards of East
Peoria and Ronald Edwards of South Carolina; one daughter, Star
(Edwards) Stivers of Lowpoint; 13 grandchildren; 18
great-grandchildren; one brother, George Edwards; and two sisters,
Martha Lucille Jackson and Julie Marie Kiselewski. He was preceded in
death by his wife, Velma Christine Edwards; two sons, Roger Edwards and
William Wiser; three grandsons, Michael Edwards, Tony Edwards and James
Edwards; four sisters, Lola Bernard, Amanda Lemons, Maudie Lemons and
Verdie Edwards; and two brothers, Henry Edwards and Lewis Richard
Edwards. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, in
County Line Church in Thompsonville, with Mark Minor officiating.
Burial will be in County Line Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8
p.m. Friday at Brayfield-Gilbert Funeral Home in Sesser.
|
