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Submitted: 1/17/21 • Approved: 1/21/21 • Last Updated: 1/24/21 • R1360597-G0-S3
April 17, 1942 - December 8, 2016
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Friday, December 9, 2016
SPRINGDALE — LeRoy Orville Edwards, 74, of Springdale passed away Dec. 8, 2016, in Springdale, Ark. He was born April 17, 1942, in Rogers, the son of O.V. and Grace Eva Tryon Edwards.
LeRoy formerly worked for Emerson Electric and was a member of Christ Church.
He is preceded in death by his father, O.V. Edwards; his mother, Grace Eva McCord; two sisters, Ruby Prophet and Carolyn Gobble.
Survivors include his siblings, Judy Rowlan of Lowell, John Edwards of Springdale, Patsy Rigsbee of Rogers and Terry Edwards of Rogers and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services 10 a.m. Saturday; Dec. 10, 2016, at Benton County Funeral Home, 306 N. 4th, Rogers. Interment will follow in the Rogers Cemetery, Rogers, Ark. Visitation 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions to Circle of Life Hospice, 901 Jones Road, Springdale, Ark. 72764. Online condolences to www.bentoncountyfuneralhome.com.
Contributed on 1/17/21 by judyfrog
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