Obituary - Joe B. Edwards...truck driver.
Funeral for Joe B. Edwards, 69, of 4040 Runnels, who died in an Arkansas truck wreck Wednesday, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Shannon's North chapel with burial at Mount Olivet.
Edwards died when the tractor-trailer he was driving plunged down an embankment after leaving Interstate 40 near Conway, Ark.
The cause of the accident was unclear, but police said Edwards may have had a heart attack. The family has requested an autopsy.
Edwards was a native of Durante, Miss., and had lived in Fort Worth more than 40 years. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and worked for Miller Truck Lines for 30 years. He was a Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, Ann; four sons, Joe Edwards Jr. of Garland, James Richard Edwards of Daingerfield and David E Barnes and Robert Barnes, both of Fort Worth; two daughters, Debra Jo Bassham and Judy McLendon, both of Fort Worth; three brothers, Bill Martin and Alton Middleton, both of Fort Worth, and G.C. Edwards of Kosciusko, Miss.; two sisters, Jeanette Smith of Azle and Helen Chincola of Fort Worth; 11 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Joe Bertha Edwards was born to Winnie Youngblood Edwards while she was married to Jamie Wert Edwards. Jamie Wert Edwards was not Joe's father. His father's identity remains unknown. Joe was raised by his mother's sister, Ethel Lee Youngblood Webb (Aunt Ethel) and her father and his grandfather, William Dertz Conley Youngblood (Papa) in Holmes County, MS. In many letters to his brother, G.C.,he credits Aunt Ethel and Papa as being the parent figures in his life. He also stayed with his Aunt Minnie Youngblood Graham in Yazoo City, MS around 1928-30. He made his home in the Ft. Worth, TX area and fathered two sons by his first marriage, Joe Bob Edwards (1934-2008) and James "Jimmy" Richard Edwards (1938- ?). At his death he was married to Anna Lou Handley Barnes. He and Ann had a daughter, Debra Jo. He drove big trucks for the Miller Truck Line and was on one of his last trips before retiring when he was killed in an accident in Conway, AR. He was much loved by his brother, Geneis Conley Edwards (1907-1990). His other siblings were Willie Jeanette Martin Jernigan Smith (1914-2000), Helen Jewel Martin Boswell Chincola (1917-1998), George Henderson "Bill" Martin (1921-2003), Milton Echols "Buck" Middleton (1923-1980), & Alton Rodgers Middleton (1924-1995).
Funeral for Joe B. Edwards, 69, of 4040 Runnels, who died in an Arkansas truck wreck Wednesday, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Shannon's North chapel with burial at Mount Olivet.
Edwards died when the tractor-trailer he was driving plunged down an embankment after leaving Interstate 40 near Conway, Ark.
The cause of the accident was unclear, but police said Edwards may have had a heart attack. The family has requested an autopsy.
Edwards was a native of Durante, Miss., and had lived in Fort Worth more than 40 years. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and worked for Miller Truck Lines for 30 years. He was a Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, Ann; four sons, Joe Edwards Jr. of Garland, James Richard Edwards of Daingerfield and David E Barnes and Robert Barnes, both of Fort Worth; two daughters, Debra Jo Bassham and Judy McLendon, both of Fort Worth; three brothers, Bill Martin and Alton Middleton, both of Fort Worth, and G.C. Edwards of Kosciusko, Miss.; two sisters, Jeanette Smith of Azle and Helen Chincola of Fort Worth; 11 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Joe Bertha Edwards was born to Winnie Youngblood Edwards while she was married to Jamie Wert Edwards. Jamie Wert Edwards was not Joe's father. His father's identity remains unknown. Joe was raised by his mother's sister, Ethel Lee Youngblood Webb (Aunt Ethel) and her father and his grandfather, William Dertz Conley Youngblood (Papa) in Holmes County, MS. In many letters to his brother, G.C.,he credits Aunt Ethel and Papa as being the parent figures in his life. He also stayed with his Aunt Minnie Youngblood Graham in Yazoo City, MS around 1928-30. He made his home in the Ft. Worth, TX area and fathered two sons by his first marriage, Joe Bob Edwards (1934-2008) and James "Jimmy" Richard Edwards (1938- ?). At his death he was married to Anna Lou Handley Barnes. He and Ann had a daughter, Debra Jo. He drove big trucks for the Miller Truck Line and was on one of his last trips before retiring when he was killed in an accident in Conway, AR. He was much loved by his brother, Geneis Conley Edwards (1907-1990). His other siblings were Willie Jeanette Martin Jernigan Smith (1914-2000), Helen Jewel Martin Boswell Chincola (1917-1998), George Henderson "Bill" Martin (1921-2003), Milton Echols "Buck" Middleton (1923-1980), & Alton Rodgers Middleton (1924-1995).
Obituary - Joe B. Edwards...truck driver.
Funeral for Joe B. Edwards, 69, of 4040 Runnels, who died in an Arkansas truck wreck Wednesday, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Shannon's North chapel with burial at Mount Olivet.
Edwards died when the tractor-trailer he was driving plunged down an embankment after leaving Interstate 40 near Conway, Ark.
The cause of the accident was unclear, but police said Edwards may have had a heart attack. The family has requested an autopsy.
Edwards was a native of Durante, Miss., and had lived in Fort Worth more than 40 years. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and worked for Miller Truck Lines for 30 years. He was a Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, Ann; four sons, Joe Edwards Jr. of Garland, James Richard Edwards of Daingerfield and David E Barnes and Robert Barnes, both of Fort Worth; two daughters, Debra Jo Bassham and Judy McLendon, both of Fort Worth; three brothers, Bill Martin and Alton Middleton, both of Fort Worth, and G.C. Edwards of Kosciusko, Miss.; two sisters, Jeanette Smith of Azle and Helen Chincola of Fort Worth; 11 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Joe Bertha Edwards was born to Winnie Youngblood Edwards while she was married to Jamie Wert Edwards. Jamie Wert Edwards was not Joe's father. His father's identity remains unknown. Joe was raised by his mother's sister, Ethel Lee Youngblood Webb (Aunt Ethel) and her father and his grandfather, William Dertz Conley Youngblood (Papa) in Holmes County, MS. In many letters to his brother, G.C.,he credits Aunt Ethel and Papa as being the parent figures in his life. He also stayed with his Aunt Minnie Youngblood Graham in Yazoo City, MS around 1928-30. He made his home in the Ft. Worth, TX area and fathered two sons by his first marriage, Joe Bob Edwards (1934-2008) and James "Jimmy" Richard Edwards (1938- ?). At his death he was married to Anna Lou Handley Barnes. He and Ann had a daughter, Debra Jo. He drove big trucks for the Miller Truck Line and was on one of his last trips before retiring when he was killed in an accident in Conway, AR. He was much loved by his brother, Geneis Conley Edwards (1907-1990). His other siblings were Willie Jeanette Martin Jernigan Smith (1914-2000), Helen Jewel Martin Boswell Chincola (1917-1998), George Henderson "Bill" Martin (1921-2003), Milton Echols "Buck" Middleton (1923-1980), & Alton Rodgers Middleton (1924-1995).
Funeral for Joe B. Edwards, 69, of 4040 Runnels, who died in an Arkansas truck wreck Wednesday, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Shannon's North chapel with burial at Mount Olivet.
Edwards died when the tractor-trailer he was driving plunged down an embankment after leaving Interstate 40 near Conway, Ark.
The cause of the accident was unclear, but police said Edwards may have had a heart attack. The family has requested an autopsy.
Edwards was a native of Durante, Miss., and had lived in Fort Worth more than 40 years. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and worked for Miller Truck Lines for 30 years. He was a Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, Ann; four sons, Joe Edwards Jr. of Garland, James Richard Edwards of Daingerfield and David E Barnes and Robert Barnes, both of Fort Worth; two daughters, Debra Jo Bassham and Judy McLendon, both of Fort Worth; three brothers, Bill Martin and Alton Middleton, both of Fort Worth, and G.C. Edwards of Kosciusko, Miss.; two sisters, Jeanette Smith of Azle and Helen Chincola of Fort Worth; 11 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Joe Bertha Edwards was born to Winnie Youngblood Edwards while she was married to Jamie Wert Edwards. Jamie Wert Edwards was not Joe's father. His father's identity remains unknown. Joe was raised by his mother's sister, Ethel Lee Youngblood Webb (Aunt Ethel) and her father and his grandfather, William Dertz Conley Youngblood (Papa) in Holmes County, MS. In many letters to his brother, G.C.,he credits Aunt Ethel and Papa as being the parent figures in his life. He also stayed with his Aunt Minnie Youngblood Graham in Yazoo City, MS around 1928-30. He made his home in the Ft. Worth, TX area and fathered two sons by his first marriage, Joe Bob Edwards (1934-2008) and James "Jimmy" Richard Edwards (1938- ?). At his death he was married to Anna Lou Handley Barnes. He and Ann had a daughter, Debra Jo. He drove big trucks for the Miller Truck Line and was on one of his last trips before retiring when he was killed in an accident in Conway, AR. He was much loved by his brother, Geneis Conley Edwards (1907-1990). His other siblings were Willie Jeanette Martin Jernigan Smith (1914-2000), Helen Jewel Martin Boswell Chincola (1917-1998), George Henderson "Bill" Martin (1921-2003), Milton Echols "Buck" Middleton (1923-1980), & Alton Rodgers Middleton (1924-1995).
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