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Submitted: 11/23/20 • Approved: 11/24/20 • Last Updated: 11/27/20 • R1352974-G1352973-S3
Raymond
US Army
October 13, 1928 - April 25, 2008
*Obituary
The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas
Monday, April 28, 2008
SPRINGDALE — Raymond H. Edwards, 79, of Springdale died Friday, April 25, 2008, at Springdale. He was born Oct. 13, 1928, in Johnston County, N.C., the son of Dalmon and Lottie Garner Edwards.
He served in the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division. He was a member of Temple Baptist Church. He loved to barbecue, hunt, fish and go to auctions. More than anything, he enjoyed spending time with his family.
He is survived by his wife, Lois Phillips Edwards, whom he married Dec. 28, 1962; three children, Todd Edwards and wife Carie of Tontitown, Tony Edwards of Springdale, and Julie Herrera and husband Johnny of Springdale; four grandchildren, Hayden and Isaac Herrera of Springdale and Kennedy and Ty Edwards of Tontitown; a sister, Mavis Mercer of Virginia.
Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at Westfield Chapel with the Rev. Don Elmore and the Rev. Shea Shrader officiating. Online condolences at www.westfieldchapel.com.
Burial will be in Bluff Cemetery.
Lois
March 20, 1940 - November 6, 2018
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Thursday, November 8, 2018
SPRINGDALE — Lois Marjorie Phillips Edwards, 78, of Springdale died Nov. 6, 2018. She was born March 20, 1940, in Quitman, Ark., the daughter of James Edison and Charlcie Harris Phillips.
She was a member of Temple Baptist Church in Springdale for over 48 years. She loved her Lord and Savior, her family and her many friends. Lois used her gifts of hospitality and compassion to make her house a home where all were welcome. She loved to talk to anyone and cook for everyone. You will never meet a more generous person with her time, money or laughter. Her crown is full from her many acts of kindness in which no acknowledgement or payment was wanted or needed.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ray Edwards, to whom she married Dec. 28, 1962.
She will be greatly missed by her three children and their spouses, Todd Edwards and wife Carie, Tony Edwards and wife Cathy, Julie Herrera and husband Johnny; five grandchildren, Hayden, Isaac and Sophia Herrera, Kennedy and Ty Edwards; one sister, Arline Shrader and husband Larry of Grundy, Va.; and one brother, Gary Phillips and wife Susan of Conway, Ark. She was Mema to many, including her niece Sonja Griffith and husband Bill of Madison, Ala., and their children Shrader and Will; also an aunt, Berniece Tarkington.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, at Westfield Chapel Funeral Home in Springdale.
Please visit Lois' online memorial at www.WestfieldChapel.com.
Married December 28, 1962
Contributed on 11/23/20 by judyfrog
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