Mrs. J. S. Edwards: funeral, with her grandsons as pallbearers
10 May 1923 · The Birmingham Age-Herald (Birmingham, Ala.)
Named here: Walter Craig Blackwell, Mrs. J. S. Edwards, Hugh Blackwell, George W. Edwards, Oscar Edwards, Mrs. J. E. Lacey, Mrs. C. M. Sower, Mrs. S. G. Andrew, Mrs. A. Carroway, Mrs. M. T. Cross, Dr. J. E. Frazier
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Mrs. J. S. Edwards—Funeral services for Mrs. J. S. Edwards, 76 years old, who died at her residence, 72 Vine street, Pratt City, will be held from the Pratt City Baptist church at 3 o'clock, with burial following in Fraternal cemetery. Rev. B. T. Cantrell and Rev. T. C. Wyatt will officiate. Mrs. Edwards is survived by her husband, two sons, George W. and Oscar Edwards, and five daughters, Mrs. J. E. Lacey, Mrs. C. M. Sower, Mrs. S. G. Andrew, Mrs. A. Carroway; one sister, Mrs. M. T. Cross, and one brother, Dr. J. E. Frazier. Pallbearers are: Walter Blackwell, Hugh Blackwell, Leslie Lacey, Frazier Lacey, Claude Edwards and Bruce Sower, all grandsons of Mrs. Edwards.
Citation: "Deaths," The Birmingham Age-Herald (Birmingham, Ala.), Thursday 10 May 1923, p. 5; image, Chronicling America, Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038485/1923-05-10/ed-1/?sp=5).
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| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
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| Walter Craig Blackwell | Grandmother | Walter Blackwell, a pallbearer at the funeral of Mrs. J. S. Edwards, 76, of 72 Vine Street, Pratt City, one of her grandsons, May 1923 | No parents recorded; his Find a Grave memorial names his mother as Ollie Smith Edwards Blackwell (1872–1916) | new |