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     Maxwell was born at Cartersville, Bartow County, GA, USA, on 8 April 1917. He was the son of Chester Allen Edwards and Emma Lou Bagwell. Maxwell Walton Edwards died on 18 March 1922 at Cartersville, Bartow County, GA, at age 4. He was buried at Wofford Baptist Church Cemetery, at White, Bartow County, GA, USA.

     Medora Ruth Edwards was born in December 1891 at Cobb County, GA, USA. She was the daughter of Joel Simeon Edwards and Laura Camp Hardage. Medora Ruth Edwards died in November 1918 at Manchester, Meriwether County, GA, USA, at age 26.¹

     Minnie Edwards was born in 1872 at Clarke County, GA, USA. She was the daughter of John Clark Edwards and Sarah Elizabeth Ramindy Duncan. Minnie Edwards died on 15 January 1934 at Stephens County, GA, USA.

     Minnie Clarke Edwards was born on 13 April 1872 at Cartersville, Bartow County, GA, USA. She was the daughter of William Clarke Edwards and Mattie Melissa Howard. Minnie Clarke Edwards died on 10 June 1955 at Orlando, Orange County, FL, USA, at age 83. She was buried at Greenwood Cemetery, at Orlando, Orange County, FL, USA. Wife of Judge Alexander Akerman.

     Nancy C. Edwards was born on 23 January 1837 at GA, USA. She was the daughter of Henry Simeon Edwards and Mary Williford Green. Nancy C. Edwards died on 29 October 1907 at Marietta, Cobb County, GA, USA, at age 70. She was buried at Shiloh Cemetery, at Marietta, Cobb County, GA, USA. Wife of William N. Hardage.

     Nancy Elizabeth Edwards is the daughter of Grady Cornelius Edwards and Annie Kate Williams. Nancy Elizabeth Edwards married John Fariss on 20 May 1977 at Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL, USA.

     Nellie Geneiva Edwards was born on 31 January 1907 at Atlanta, Fulton County, GA, USA. She married William Russell Edwards, son of William Robert (Will) Edwards and Della Hill, in 1925 at GA, USA. Nellie Geneiva Edwards died on 9 January 1985 at Atlanta, Fulton County, GA, at age 77. Familysearch.org.

     Daughter of George Thomas Edwards and Halley L. Coogler.

     Nora Susie Edwards was born on 25 March 1899 at Pine Log, Bartow County, GA, USA. She was the daughter of Amos Harrison Edwards and Margaret Cornelia Timmons. Nora Susie Edwards died in January 1979 at Cartersville, Bartow County, GA, USA, at age 79.¹ She was buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery, at Ryo, Gordon County, GA, USA. #32097609.

     In some records she seems to be called Mara and given a surname of Serrett.

     Olivia Anne Edwards was born on 18 November 1839 at Fayetteville, Onondaga County, NY, USA. She was the daughter of Joseph Victory Edwards and Emma Electa Wilcox. Olivia Anne Edwards died on 2 April 1840 at Fayetteville, Onondaga County, NY. She was buried at Fayetteville Cemetery, at Fayetteville, Onondaga County, NY, USA.

     Olivia Lee Edwards was born on 26 April 1875 at Elbert County, GA, USA. She was the daughter of Benjamin Fletcher Edwards and Eloid Adeline Arnold. Olivia Lee Edwards married Philip M. Hutto. Olivia Lee Edwards died on 11 January 1945 at Anderson County, SC, USA, at age 69. She was buried at Silver Brook Cemetery, at Anderson, Anderson County, SC, USA.

     Pauline Melissa Edwards was born on 11 September 1890 at Elbert County, GA, USA. Cemetery records. She was the daughter of Larkin Clark Edwards and Olive Charlotte White. Pauline Melissa Edwards died on 18 March 1972 at Elbert County, GA, at age 81. She was buried at Elmhurst Cemetery, at Elberton, Elbert County, GA, USA. Cemetery records.

     Pearl Velma Edwards was born on 8 August 1923 at Nortonville, LaMoure County, ND, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Clarence Marsillis Edwards and Gertrude Hattie Braaks. Pearl Velma Edwards married Floyd Lewis Hanson on 14 November 1940 at Jamestown, Stutsman County, ND, USA. Pearl Velma Edwards died on 6 December 2003 at Minot, Ward County, ND, USA, at age 80.^2,1 She was buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens, at Minot, Ward County, ND, USA.

     Phebe Edwards was born on 19 February 1770 at Wallingford, New Haven County, CT, USA. She was the daughter of Joseph Edwards and Lucy Jerome. Phebe Edwards died on 13 August 1854 at Berlin, Hartford County, CT, USA, at age 84. Wife of Samuel Norton. She was buried at Maple Cemetery, at Berlin, Hartford County, CT, USA.

     Phrinda Ruth Edwards was born on 8 October 1901 at Manlius, Onondaga County, NY, USA. She was the daughter of Earnest Clarence Edwards and Emily Katherine Youell. Phrinda Ruth Edwards married Willard Theodore Wilcox on 26 December 1927 at Lyndon, Cattaraugus County, NY, USA.¹ Phrinda Ruth Edwards died on 20 November 2000 at Lyndon, Cattaraugus County, NY, at age 99. Born in Lyndon, she was a graduate of Fayetteville High School. She was a laboratory technician with Pepper Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania and with the city of Syracuse laboratory. She also was a teacher with the DeWitt school district for a year. She was a former regent of the Comfort Tyler Chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution and the New York State Officers Club of Daughters of the American Revolution. She was a member of Founders and Patriots of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution and president of the Manlius Elementary School Parent Teacher Association.

Her husband, Willard T., died in 1945; a son, David A., died in 1996.

Survivors: Two daughters, Ruth Wilcox Burgess of Fayetteville and Beth Wilcox Trost of Canastota; a son, Willard E. of Cottonwood, Ariz; 11 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren.. She was buried at Fayetteville Cemetery, at Fayetteville, Onondaga County, NY, USA. Wife of Willard T. Wilcox.

     Pierce Quarles Edwards was born on 4 March 1879 at Cartersville, Bartow County, GA, USA. He was the son of John Fletcher Edwards Jr. and Drucilla Frances (Mary) Quarles. He married Annie Lee Sykes at Bibb County, GA, USA, on 8 October 1901. Pierce Quarles Edwards lived in 12 September 1918 at Memphis, Shelby County, TN, USA. He lived at this address when he filled out World War I documentation. He registered for the World War I Draft on 12 September 1918 while living at Memphis, Shelby County, TN.. He appeared on the census of 1930 at Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL, USA. The census lists the family as: Pierce Edwards, 51, born GA, painter; wife Annie L. 44, born GA; son John, can't read, born AL; dau Sarah, can't read, born AL. He died on 11 March 1944 at Memphis, Shelby County, TN, USA, at age 65. He was buried at Memphis National Cemetery, at Memphis, Shelby County, TN, USA.¹

     Information comes from his daughter, Sarah Catherine Edwards Hotchkin and birth certificates and marriage licenses in her possession. He was a member of Company D, 3rd US Infantry during the Spanish American War. He and his wife Annie are buried in the Memphis National Cemetery in the same plot, Grave #32, Section H. Their marriage license shows that they were married on Oct. 8, 1901 by Rev. J.B. Johnstone, M.G. and it was recorded as Book K, Folio 57, on Oct, 16, 1901. Pierce and his wife Annie lived in Macon, GA from the date of their marriage through 1905 according to the Macon City Directories. He was listed first as a bookkeeper and then as a paper hanger. They lived with her parents at 619 First St. and then at 509 Arch St; until 1905 when they lived by themselves at 568 First St. In 1907, they appear in the Birmingham, AL City Directory; there is no preserved copy of the 1906 directory. They were still in Birmingham in 1908 and 1909. There are no directories for 1910 through 1915. They appear in the Memphis City Directories, first in 1916 at 1066 McDowl St. In 1919, they are at 159 Adams and at that location again in 1920. In 1921 they are at 573 Walnut St; in 1922 at 336 Jefferson St; in 1923 at the same location; in 1924 at 928 Walnut St. They are back in the Birmingham Directory from the years 1926 through 1931, and gone after 1931. They appear in the 1932 Memphis Directory at 863 Manassas and at the same location in 1933; in 1934 at 680 Leath; in 1935 at 872 Adams; 1936 at 2027 E. Courtland; in 1937 the directory misses them; in 1938 at 258-b N. Lauderdale; and at that same location until 1942; in 1943 at 264 Exchange Ave., apt A; after Pierce's death in 1944 the family lived at 188 Exchange St., Apt 446.
     An obituary published in the Memphis newspaper gives further information on the family and the life of Pierce Q... Retired Decorator will be buried tomorrow. Pierce Q. Edwards of 264 Exchange, retired interior decoration contractor and veteran of the Spanish American War, died at 11:20 AM yesterday morning at Veteran Hospital. Mr. Edwards, who was 65, had been an invalid seven years. Services will be held at 10:00 AM tomorrow morning at Spencer Sturia Chapel with Rev. Joseph Owens officiating. Burial will be in National Cemetery. Born in Bartow Co., GA, Mr. Edwards lived in Birmingham several years and moved to Memphis in 1914. He served a year in Cuba during the Spanish American War. He was a member of the First Methodist Church and had been connected with Local 49, Brotherhood of Painter, Paperhangers and Decorators of America for 40 years. He leaves his wife Annie Sykes Edwards; three sons, Pvt. Frank C. Edwards and J. R. Edwards, both of Memphis, and V. P. Edwards Sr. of Pittsburgh; three daughters, Mrs. W. C. Billingsly of Birmingham; Mrs. W. H. Fossick of Memphis and Miss Sarah Catherine Edwards of Memphis; three brothers, D. F. Edwards of Dublin GA; W. R. Edwards of Atlanta, GA; and J. R, Edwards of Shawmut, AL; two sister, Mrs. Cora Orr and Mrs. Estelle Whitaker, both of Kennesaw, GA; and five grandchildren.
     The 1910 census shows that they had 4 children and only two living. Cathy and her sister can only account for 3, unless Billie was born that early.

     Pierce was born at Memphis, Shelby County, TN, USA, on 20 February 1916.¹ He was the son of Pierce Quarles Edwards and Annie Lee Sykes. Pierce Quarles Edwards Jr. died on 3 March 1919 at Memphis, Shelby County, TN, at age 3.² He was buried on 4 March 1919 at Elmwood Cemetery, at Memphis, Shelby County, TN, USA.³

     The death certificate gives his death from Dysentery, bad water. At the time of his death, his parents lived at 159 Adams. The date for his birth given on the death certificate was 15 Feb., 1916; while that given by the clerk at the birth records department of Shelby County, TN was 20 Feb., 1916. This clerk claimed that she couldn't give us a copy of the birth record because it didn't have a given name on it and prior to issueing any records, a parent must go through the procedure of assigning a given name. The Death Certificate calls him Pearce I. Edwards and his father I. I. Edwards. (Both are wrong).

     Rachel Edwards died in 1701 at East Hampton, Suffolk County, NY, USA. She was born on 3 August 1701 at East Hampton, Suffolk County, NY. She was the daughter of Thomas Edwards and Mercy (Mary) Conkling.

     Rachel was born at Elbert County, GA, USA, on 14 November 1851. She was the daughter of Daniel W. Edwards and Martha Alberta Shaw. Rachel E. Edwards died on 4 March 1881 at Cobb County, GA, USA, at age 29.¹ She was buried at Mont Bethel Cemetery, at Marietta, Cobb County, GA, USA.

     Raymond Foster Edwards was born on 10 October 1931 at Elberton, Elbert County, GA, USA. Public Records. He was the son of Emory Asbury Edwards and Azalee Annie Ashworth. Raymond Foster Edwards died on 12 December 2005 at Fairhope, Baldwin County, AL, USA, at age 74.
Obituary:
The Reverend Raymond Foster Edwards, a resident of Fairhope, Al. and a member of the presbytery of South Alabama, died at Thomas Hospital in Fairhope, on Monday, December 12, after a lengthy illness. He was the pastor of Loyd Presbyterian Church in LaGrange, for 22 years.

The Rev. Mr. Edwards was a native of Elberton, Ga. The son of Emory Asbury Edwards and Ann Azalee Edwards, he was born October 10, 1931.

He is survived by his wife, Susie White Edwards of Fairhope, Al; his son, Emory Asbury Edwards II of Jersey City, N.J; his sister, Jackie Edwards Plaxico of Stillwater, Ok. And preceded in death by his brother, Gene "Doodle bug" Edwards of Elberton, Ga.

A graduate of Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C., he received his Master of Divinity degree from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Ga. In 1957, he was ordained a Minister of the Gospel by the Presbyterian Church in Hamer, S.C; the Honea Path Presbyterian Church in Honea Path, S.C; the Ben Hill Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Ga. And the Loyd Presbyterian Church in LaGrange, where he was named Pastor Emeritus. Mr. Edwards also served as the Atlanta Presbytery's Area representative with duties as a pastor to pastors; and he served as Program Director of the Presbyterian Churches in Meriwether, Coweta and Troup Counties in Georgia. He retired to Fairhope, Al in 1996.

He was named to serve in various Capacities at all levels of the Presbyterian General Assembly Partners in Small Church Strategy.

Mr. Edwards was elected president of the Presbyterian General Assembly World Mission Chairs Association. He was a member of a missionary fact-finding trip to Brazil and South America for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He was a representative to the National Council of Churches meeting in New Haven, Ct. for the Presbyterian General Assembly.

He served as Moderator for Piedmont and Greater Atlanta Presbyteries and was named Georgia Pastor of the year in 1994.

He was Synod Adult Advisor for the Synod of the Southeast Youth Council and he also served as a Presbyter Advisor for the youth Council of Piedmont and Greater Atlanta Presbyteries.

Mr. Edwards was a member of the Baldwin Senior travelers and served as a member of the Board of Directors, planning and escorting trips. He was also a member of the Mobile Museum of Art, a Friend of the Fairhope Library and a member of the Nature Conservancy and National Historic Trust.
Funeral Services will be held Saturday, December 17, 2005, at 11:00 a.m., at Loyd Presbyterian Church.

The Family will receive friends Friday, December 16, from 6-8 p.m., at the funeral home.. He was buried at Loyd Presbyterian Church Cemetery, at LaGrange, Troup County, GA, USA.

     Reatha Edwards was born on 29 October 1917 at Livingston Manor, Sullivan County, NY, USA.¹ She married James M. Bonnell, son of Herman Bonnell and Edna Krum, on 15 May 1934 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA. Reatha Edwards died on 27 October 1987 at Fort Pierce, Saint Lucie County, FL, USA, at age 69.^2,1

     Daughter of Henry Edwards and Martha Dummoud.

     Rebecca Caroline Edwards was born on 14 May 1841 at Elberton, Elbert County, GA, USA. She was the daughter of Joseph Tarpley Edwards Rev. and Caroline Tatum Clarke. Rebecca Caroline Edwards died on 10 September 1906 at Alpharetta, Milton County, GA, USA, at age 65.

     Reuben Edwards was born on 12 January 1759 at NC, USA. Revolutionary War Pension file. He was a Private, andserved in Capt. Benjamin Rhodes Conpany, Col. Archibald Lythe North Carolina Regt., during the Revolutionary War.

     Reuben was born at GA, USA, in 1844. He was the son of Jackson J. (Jessie) Edwards and Catherine Elizabeth T. Gaulding.

     Called R. J. at the 1850 census and R. J. B. at the 1860 census of Elberton, Elbert County, GA.

     Reuben J. Edwards was born in 1846 at Cobb County, GA, USA. He was the son of Henry Simeon Edwards and Mary Williford Green. Reuben J. Edwards died in October 1863 at Cobb County, GA. An Ancestry.com family tree claims that he died on this date in Warwickshire, England..

     Richard Albert Edwards is the son of Vines Preston Edwards and Helena Wiencek. He married Shirley Fay Dill at Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL, USA, on 30 June 1961.¹

     Richard Cecil Edwards was born on 26 May 1921 at Nortonville, LaMoure County, ND, USA.^1,2 He was the son of Clarence Marsillis Edwards and Gertrude Hattie Braaks. Richard Cecil Edwards died on 13 July 1981 at Edgeley, LaMoure County, ND, USA, at age 60.¹ He was buried at Nortonville Cemetery, at Nortonville, LaMoure County, ND, USA.

     Robert T Edwards was born on 27 December 1856 at GA, USA. He was the son of William Henry (Buck) Edwards and Hannah N. Salmons. Robert T Edwards died on 10 June 1881 at Bairdstown, Greene County, GA, USA, at age 24.

     Robert W. Edwards was born in 1849 at GA, USA. He was the son of Robert McKendree Edwards and Hannah Martin.

     Robert was born at Acworth, Cobb County, GA, USA, in 1902. Date from 1910 census. He was the son of William Robert (Will) Edwards and Della Hill. Robert Charles Edwards died on 24 April 1983 at Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, FL, USA. He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, at Aliquippa, Beaver County, PA, USA.

     The 1930 census gives his name as Charles R. Edwards.

     Robert Fletcher Edwards was born on 20 May 1879 at Elbert County, GA, USA. He was the son of Benjamin Fletcher Edwards and Eloid Adeline Arnold. Robert Fletcher Edwards married Maggie Lee Kalt, daughter of John B. Kalt and Josephine Smith, in 1901 at GA, USA. Robert Fletcher Edwards died on 28 June 1950 at Atlanta, Fulton County, GA, USA, at age 71. He was buried at College Park Cemetery, at College Park, Fulton County, GA, USA.