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     Floy Idelle Edwards was born on 20 January 1895 at GA, USA. She was the daughter of William Robert (Will) Edwards and Della Hill. Floy Idelle Edwards died on 21 July 1989 at age 94. She was buried at Melwood Cemetery, at Stone Mountain, DeKalb County, GA, USA.

     Frances was born at GA, USA, on 15 October 1913. She was the daughter of Chester Allen Edwards and Emma Lou Bagwell. Frances Edwards died on 13 August 1987 at GA at age 73. She was buried at Fain Cemetery, at Calhoun, Gordon County, GA, USA. Married name Dempsey.

     Frances Margaret Edwards was born on 27 March 1862 at Elbert County, GA, USA. She was the daughter of James Asbury Edwards and Mary Susan Dubose. Frances Margaret Edwards died on 30 July 1881 at Elbert County, GA, at age 19. Date in cemetery records. She was buried at Bethel Cemetery, at Shelby County, TX, USA.

     Frances Mildred Edwards was born on 28 March 1912 at Petersburg, Elbert County, GA, USA.^1,2 She was the daughter of John Wilson Edwards and Mary Jane (Mamie) Edmonds. Frances Mildred Edwards died on 6 November 2007 at Atlanta, Fulton County, GA, USA, at age 95. Frances Ragsdale.^2,1 She was buried at Forest Hills Memorial Park, at Elberton, Elbert County, GA, USA.

     Mrs Frances Ragsdale of Atlanta, GA.

     Frank Comer Edwards was born on 16 December 1906 at Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL, USA.¹ He was the son of Pierce Quarles Edwards and Annie Lee Sykes. He married Louise Linton Faulk at Memphis, Shelby County, TN, USA, in 1922. Frank Comer Edwards and Louise Linton Faulk were divorced circa 1937 at Shelby County, TN, USA. He married Julia Delia Bledsoe at Memphis, Shelby County, TN, in 1939. Frank Comer Edwards died on 18 October 1974 at Memphis, Shelby County, TN, at age 67. He was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, at Memphis, Shelby County, TN, USA.²

     His sisters Frances Fossick and Sarah Catherine Edwards Hotchkin furnished the information. He is buried in grave 106, #2 at Eastview Memorial Park, Memphis, TN, near his sister Rosa Belle Edwards.
     His obituary, published October 20, 1974 in the Memphis newpaper, reads: "Frank C. Edwards, 67, of 816 Bartlett Road, Apt. 14, retired partner of Edwards & Edwards public accountants, died Friday at Methodist Hospital South. Mr. Edwards started the firm about 20 years ago and retired last year. He was a member of Eudora Baptist Church. Services will be at 11:30 AM tomorrow at Memphis Funeral Home, Poplar Chapel with burial in Memorial Park. He leaves his wife Delia, a son, James E. Edwards of Memphis, three sisters, Mrs Rosa Billingley and Mrs Frances Fossick, both of Memphis, and Mrs Katherine Hotchkin of Pasadena, Calif., and a brother, Vines Edwards of Birmingham.

     Gene A. "Doodlebug" Edwards was born on 5 October 1935 at Elberton, Elbert County, GA, USA. He was the son of Emory Asbury Edwards and Azalee Annie Ashworth. Gene A. "Doodlebug" Edwards was buried at Forest Hills Memorial Park, at Elberton, Elbert County, GA, USA. He died on 23 February 2002 at Elberton, Elbert County, GA, at age 66.

     The Compiler found this interesting obituary on the "Find a Grave" site.

Sometimes People Are More Than They Appear To Be
by Louis Campos

When he died, there weren't any glowing articles written about him. His obituary gave his name, age, and surviving family members and said simply that he was an entrepreneur. He went to college where he played football for legendary coach Bobby Bowden. He came back to his hometown to marry his high school sweetheart and become a successful businessman. He owned several different enterprises but paid his Chamber of Commerce dues under the name of Edwards Package and Bottle Co. For as long as I can remember, Gene "Doodlebug" Edwards called me "Louisa".

But long before he paid his Chamber dues he paid personal dues as the owner of Edwards Pool Room. He ran a pool hall that opened early and closed late. At lunch time the counter would be three deep with customers. The jukebox blared country and rock and sometimes gospel and the smoke hung in the air like curtains in a cheap hotel.

His customers were as varied as their numbers. Some were bankers or lawyers. Some were truck drivers or stonecutters or construction workers. Some were newspaper columnists. Some drove Cadillacs. Some drove pulpwood trucks. Some had both. It was common to see hand rolled cigarettes dangling from the parched lips of old men who had spent too many hours in the backbreaking sun. The lines and wrinkles in their faces read like a sad novel. Some were young bucks that came through the door with a chip on their shoulder, spoiling for a fight so they could make a name for themselves. Some were teenage boys who sat around talking about cars or girls or whatever teenage boys talk about. One was a young Vietnam veteran fresh home from the war. Doodlebug told him, "I know you're not old enough to buy a beer but there's nothing that says I can't give you one. Welcome home. I'm glad you made it back." Each patron had a story to tell and Doodlebug Edwards listened to a thousand hard luck stories a thousand times.

Doodlebug Edwards packed more living into one lifetime than most men could pack into three. He loved a good time that was illustrated by the time a customer left a Volkswagen parked in front of the poolroom. Doodlebug and several other men picked the car up and carried it through the double doors of the poolroom. The next morning he received a call from his father who admonished him, "Get up here and get this car out of here. This is a business not a parking lot!"

In the 40 plus years I knew him we had words only once. I said something vulgar in front of his wife and he told me he didn't appreciate it. I apologized.

I suppose Gene "Doodlebug" Edwards' life was like a dollar bill. Everyone knows who's on the front but seldom know what's on the back. Some people look down their nose at men who run a poolroom and also the men who frequent such places. Maybe a dollar made on a bottle of wine sold in a fancy club seems less sinful than a dollar made on a bottle of wine from a poolroom. A cork is more stylish than a twist off cap.

Doodlebug gave money to local charities behind the scenes because he knew some people would say money made in a poolroom was "dirty". He sold a building for half of its worth to a local church that needed it. He hired young college students who couldn't find a summer job. He gave jobs to men who had fallen through the cracks of life and had to have a little "taste" early in the morning to "settle" their nerves. He loaned money to men who couldn't borrow a dime any place else.

Someone once said, "The true measure of a man is how he treats people who can do him absolutely no good." Two patrons of the poolroom were old men and it was obvious life had beaten them severely. One played the same song on the jukebox over and over and over again. When he had heard the song enough he would say, "My life don't mean no more to me than a walk to that telephone. I'm gonna call her. She'll come back." No one ever knew who "she" was but she never came back. The other was the one they called "Deacon". Maybe somewhere in his past he had been a deacon before something or someone pushed him over the edge. It was always rumored he had been a senator. He came to the poolroom daily wearing a dirty, tattered sport coat and carried a tablet on which he wrote the same poem over and over and over again. Sometimes Doodlebug would feed him a free meal. I never saw him be unkind to either man.

Do men who run poolrooms have a chance at heaven when they die? I don't know. I really don't. That's not my call to make. What I do know is this: Doodlebug Edwards was a friend to me and a lot of other men. We shared a lot of laughs and some good times. Some of his friends are going to miss him a lot. Some of us already do.

     George Crawford Edwards was born on 9 August 1845 at Elbert County, GA, USA. He was the son of William Henry (Buck) Edwards and Hannah N. Salmons. George Crawford Edwards died on 22 November 1921 at GA, USA, at age 76. He was buried at Statham Cemetery, at Statham, Barrow County, GA, USA.

     George Washington Edwards was born in 1862 at Clarke County, GA, USA. He was the son of John Clark Edwards and Sarah Elizabeth Ramindy Duncan. George Washington Edwards died on 13 September 1924 at Stephens County, GA, USA. He was buried at Toccoa Cemetery, at Toccoa, Stephens County, GA, USA.

     George William Edwards was born on 26 December 1891 at Bartow County, GA, USA. 1900 census says Dec 1880, age 9.¹ He was the son of David Fletcher Edwards and Sarah Jane Lowry. George William Edwards died on 31 December 1949 at Tiff County, GA, USA, at age 58. He was buried at Bluewater Baptist Church Cemetery, at Dublin, Laurens County, GA, USA. Row 4, #23.

     Georgia Alice Edwards was born on 2 May 1874 at Elbert County, GA, USA. She was the daughter of Benjamin Fletcher Edwards and Eloid Adeline Arnold. Georgia Alice Edwards married Ewel H. Harper on 18 May 1902. Georgia Alice Edwards died on 9 July 1947 at Haralson County, GA, USA, at age 73.¹ She was buried at College Park Cemetery, at College Park, Fulton County, GA, USA.

     Georgia Haseltine Edwards was born on 28 November 1872 at Elberton, Elbert County, GA, USA. She was the daughter of Emory Parks Edwards and Georgia Haseltine Willis. Georgia Haseltine Edwards died on 23 January 1948 at Elbert County, GA, USA, at age 75. She was buried at Elmhurst Cemetery, at Elberton, Elbert County, GA, USA.

     Wife of John Gordon Ginn.

     Gloria Edwards is the daughter of Vines Preston Edwards Jr. and Eva Porter. Gloria Edwards married Wayne Hester.

     Grady Cornelius Edwards was born on 26 December 1926 at Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL, USA. He was the son of Vines Preston Edwards and Ruby Ella Burdett. He married Annie Kate Williams at AL, USA, on 2 April 1949. Grady Cornelius Edwards died on 9 May 2008 at Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL, USA, at age 81. He was buried at Pine View Memorial Park, at Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL, USA.

     Records in the possession of Sarah Catherine Edwards Hotchkin.]

     Hannah Edwards was born on 7 September 1712 at East Hampton, Suffolk County, NY, USA. She was the daughter of Thomas Edwards and Mercy (Mary) Conkling.

     Harold King Edwards was born on 31 July 1896 at Fayetteville, Onondaga County, NY, USA. He was the son of Earnest Clarence Edwards and Alice May Clarke. Harold King Edwards died on 28 December 1912 at Lyndon, Cattaraugus County, NY, USA, at age 16. He was buried at Fayetteville Cemetery, at Fayetteville, Onondaga County, NY, USA.

     Harry Camp Edwards was born on 22 September 1900 at Cobb County, GA, USA. He was the son of Joel Simeon Edwards and Laura Camp Hardage. Harry Camp Edwards died on 15 September 1987 at USA at age 86.¹

     Harry Howard Edwards was born on 8 April 1881 at Cartersville, Bartow County, GA, USA. Family Data Collection of ancestry.com. He was the son of William Clarke Edwards and Mattie Melissa Howard. Harry Howard Edwards died on 29 December 1949 at Corpus Christi, Nueces County, TX, USA, at age 68. Family Data Collection of ancestry.com.. He was buried at Rose Hill Memorial Park, at Corpus Christi, Nueces County, TX, USA.

     Harry Hughes Edwards was born on 20 March 1907 at Petersburg, Elbert County, GA, USA. Date accoeding to 1920 census. He was the son of John Wilson Edwards and Mary Jane (Mamie) Edmonds. Harry Hughes Edwards married Frances Kathryn Adams on 22 December 1929 at Petersburg, Elbert County, GA. Just married according to 1930 census.. Harry Hughes Edwards appeared on the census of 1930 at Petersburg, Elbert County, GA. The census lists the family as: Harry H. Edwards, 23, married at age 23, born GA, farmer, owns farm; wife frances, 19, married at age 19, born GA.. He died on 8 June 1994 at Elberton, Elbert County, GA, USA, at age 87.¹ He was buried at Forest Hills Memorial Park, at Elberton, Elbert County, GA, USA.

     Helen Mabel Edwards was born on 6 September 1900 at Onondaga County, NY, USA. She was the daughter of Earnest Clarence Edwards and Emily Katherine Youell. Helen Mabel Edwards died on 4 July 1975 at Fayetteville, Onondaga County, NY, USA, at age 74.¹ She was buried at Fayetteville Cemetery, at Fayetteville, Onondaga County, NY, USA.

     She remained unmarried.

     Henry was born at Elbert County, GA, USA, on 7 May 1854. Date calculated from cemetery records, aged 40 years, 4 months, 15 days. Cemetery records call him Henry D. Edwards.. He was the son of Daniel W. Edwards and Martha Alberta Shaw. Henry died on 22 September 1894 at GA, USA, at age 40. Date from cemetery records. He was buried at Mont Bethel Cemetery, at Marietta, Cobb County, GA, USA.

     Henry Jerome Edwards was born on 16 March 1904 at Lyndon, Cattaraugus County, NY, USA.¹ He was the son of Earnest Clarence Edwards and Emily Katherine Youell. Henry Jerome Edwards married Katherine Adams. Marriage noted in Henry's death index.. Henry Jerome Edwards died on 3 March 1999 at Bedford, Middlesex County, MA, USA, at age 94. Post-Standard, The (Syracuse, NY) - Mar 6, 1999

H. Jerome Edwards, 94, formerly of Westminster Avenue, Syracuse,died Wednesday in Bedford, Mass.

Born in Lyndon, he lived in Syracuse for 40 years before moving to Bedford four years ago. He graduated from Fayetteville High School and attended Syracuse University. He retired in 1968 after 30 years as an engineer at General Motors. He was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church and a mason..¹ He was buried at Fayetteville Cemetery, at Fayetteville, Onondaga County, NY, USA.

     Henry Joseph Edwards was born on 28 April 1832 at Fayetteville, Onondaga County, NY, USA. He was the son of Joseph Victory Edwards and Emma Electa Wilcox. Henry Joseph Edwards died in June 1893 at Evanston, Cook County, IL, USA, at age 61. Utica NY Weekly Herald June 11 1893.. He was buried at Rose Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, at Chicago, Cook County, IL, USA.

     Henry clerked in a Fayettevill grocery store for many years. At one time he clerked and boarded with Grover Cleveland.

     Henry Simeon Edwards was born on 5 January 1811 at GA, USA. He was the son of Reuben Edwards. Henry Simeon Edwards married Mary Williford Green on 21 February 1830 at Cobb County, GA, USA. Henry Simeon Edwards died on 2 November 1892 at Cobb County, GA, at age 81. He was buried at Shiloh Cemetery, at Marietta, Cobb County, GA, USA.

     Hiram was born at Peck Hill, Onondaga County, NY, USA, on 4 February 1828. He was the son of Joseph Victory Edwards and Emma Electa Wilcox. He married Phrinda Richmond Hotchkin at Peck Hill, Onondaga County, NY, on 8 January 1851. Married by Rev L. Wright of Fayetteville, NY.¹ Hiram died on 31 March 1895 at Fayetteville, Onondaga County, NY, USA, at age 67. From Onondaga’s Centennial edited by David H. Bruce and published in 1896:
“Edwards, Hiram K., Dewitt, was born in Dewitt in 1828, son of Joseph and Electa (Wilcox) Edwards. Samuel, the paternal grandfather, came from Connecticut to the town of Manlius (now Dewitt), and taught the first district school there; he was also justice of the peace. He died in 1893. The maternal grandfather was in the war of 1812 and lived and died within the town of Dewitt. The father, Joseph, died in 1839, at the age of 35. Hiram K. Edwards married in 1851, Phrinda R. Hotchin. They had three children, Alice L., wife of Dr. Ira L. Harris, physician to the missionaries in Syria; Metta, wife of Ambrose B. Dean, of Pittsburg, and Ernest C. Mr. Edwards held the office of tax collector; in 1860 was appointed deputy sheriff; in 1863 was appointed inspector of cigars and tobacco, which position he filled about six years. He then served as government ganger for eight years, and in 1877 was appointed under sheriff, filling this position three years, and then was elected sheriff of the county. He has traveled extensively in this country, has been newspaper correspondent, lecturer for the Fayetteville and Pomona Granges, and edited the Grange department of the East Syracuse News. Mr. Edwards died at his home in Dewitt, Sunday morning, March 31, 1895, at the age of 67 years.”
(Vol. II, Part III, p.134,135). He was buried at Fayetteville Cemetery, at Fayetteville, Onondaga County, NY, USA.

     Hiram was the son of Joseph Edwards and Electa Wilcox, and was a farmer. He had been a Whig, an Abolitionist, and a Republican.

     Hoyt Edwards was born on 20 November 1923 at GA, USA. Age 6 at the 1930 census. He was the son of Chester Allen Edwards and Emma Lou Bagwell. Hoyt Edwards died on 26 November 1996 at Gordon County, GA, USA, at age 73. He was buried at Fain Cemetery, at Calhoun, Gordon County, GA, USA.

     Ida M. Edwards was born on 14 September 1890 at Pine Log, Bartow County, GA, USA. She was the daughter of Amos Harrison Edwards and Margaret Cornelia Timmons. Ida M. Edwards died on 15 November 1970 at Bartow County, GA, USA, at age 80. She was buried at Mount Pleasant Church Cemetery, at Pine Log, Bartow County, GA, USA. Ida Edwards Long.

     Iona Myrtice Edwards was born on 18 August 1854 at GA, USA. She was the daughter of William Henry (Buck) Edwards and Hannah N. Salmons. Iona Myrtice Edwards died on 20 March 1923 at Stephenville, Erath County, TX, USA, at age 68.¹

     Isaac E. Edwards was born on 17 January 1822. He was the son of Jared (Jarrot) Edwards and Rebecca Bell. Isaac E. Edwards died on 19 March 1885 at Edgefield, Edgefield County, SC, USA, at age 63. He was buried at Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery, at Saluda, Saluda County, SC, USA.

     Isabella Edwards is the daughter of Robin Albert Edwards and Lisa Woodall.

     Isom Jackson Edwards was born on 10 August 1880 at Cherokee County, GA, USA. He was the son of Zachary Taylor Edwards and Eliza M. Green. Isom Jackson Edwards died on 30 November 1953 at Cario, Grady County, GA, USA, at age 73. He was buried at Cairo Cemetery, at Cairo, Grady County, GA, USA.