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HORACE EDWARDS
Windsor — Horace Reed Edwards, 81, of rural Windsor died at 1:50 a.m. today (Feb. 6, 1981) in Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur.
The funeral will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the Lovins-Lockart Funeral Home, Windsor, where friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Windsor Cemetery.
He was born Nov. 25, 1899, in Moultrie County, a son of Frank & Lizzy Reed Edwards. He married Mabel Boyd June 23, 1923(sic). She died in 1967.
Surviving are five sons, Jimmie of Fancher; Don of Neoga and Frank, Bill and Roger, all of Mattoon; one daughter, Mrs. Betty Alewine of Tucson, Ariz.; two sisters, Mrs. Fern Richards of Blue Island and Mrs. Lucille Yunker of Sycamore; 28 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Two brothers and five sisters preceded him in death.
Mr. Edwards was a retired farmer.
Journal-Gazette; Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois; Fri. 6 Feb 1981; p. 5, coll. 3.
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HORACE EDWARDS
Windsor — Horace Reed Edwards, 81, of rural Windsor died at 1:50 a.m. today (Feb. 6, 1981) in Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur.
The funeral will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the Lovins-Lockart Funeral Home, Windsor, where friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Windsor Cemetery.
He was born Nov. 25, 1899, in Moultrie County, a son of Frank & Lizzy Reed Edwards. He married Mabel Boyd June 23, 1923(sic). She died in 1967.
Surviving are five sons, Jimmie of Fancher; Don of Neoga and Frank, Bill and Roger, all of Mattoon; one daughter, Mrs. Betty Alewine of Tucson, Ariz.; two sisters, Mrs. Fern Richards of Blue Island and Mrs. Lucille Yunker of Sycamore; 28 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Two brothers and five sisters preceded him in death.
Mr. Edwards was a retired farmer.
Journal-Gazette; Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois; Fri. 6 Feb 1981; p. 5, coll. 3.
Family Members
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Mary Alice Edwards Baugher
1888–1962
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Maude Edwards Herron
1889–1973
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Clara V. Edwards McQueen
1891–1940
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Flora Ellen Edwards McQueen
1894–1967
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Olive Pauline Edwards
1901–1901
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Edith Elmina Edwards
1902–1903
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Lillie Faye Edwards Bales
1903–1966
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Albert Mark Edwards
1904–1978
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Callie Lucille Edwards Yunker
1905–1989
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Frances Elizabeth Edwards
1908–1908
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Earl Ellsworth Edwards
1912–1959
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