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Submitted: 11/7/08 • Approved: 10/31/23 • Last Updated: 11/3/23 • R95507-G0-S3
02 Jul 1905 - 29 Jan 1972
Marriage:
1) Augusta Erwin 20 Dec 1922
2) Vera Lavinia Guthrie 26 Nov 1931
Edgar Lee Rider son of Obediah Franklin Rider and Martha Belle (Damron) Rider.
**obituary
Arkansas Gazette Monday, Jan 31, 1972 Little Rock, AR Page: 29
Portia -
Edgar Lee Rider, aged 66, of Portia, a retired employee of Coleman Dairy of Little Rock, died Saturday. Mr Rider was a deacon of the Portia Baptist church. He had moved to Portia from Little Rock after retiring three years ago.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Vera Guthrie Rider, five sons, Jerry D Rider of North Little Rock, Verdell Rider of Peoria, Ill., Thomas Lee Rider of Sterling, Ill., Jesse Carl Rider of Orlando, Fla., and Billy F Rider of Cedar Rapids, Ia.; a daughter, Mrs. Gerald Hammons of Little Rock; three brothers, Earl and Elon Rider both of California, and Cecil P Rider of Little Rock; two sisters, Mrs. Opal McDaniel of Pportia and Mrs. Howard Finch of Eureka, Cal; 12 grand children and three great-great-grandchildre. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Bryan Funeral Chapel here. Burial will be at Dry Creek Cemetery at Lynn.
Contributed on 11/7/08 by denise.bratcher63
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