Edwards, Wilbur Eugene 1916-1991

EDWARDS, SPENCER, PIERCE, ANTHONY, FRIENDS, HAMMER, BRAYTON, BATY

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 4/27/2005 at 08:04:39

Newton (IA) Daily News Febuary 28, 1991
Wilbur Eugene Edwards

Wilbur Eugene Edwards, 75, of Rt. 4, Newton, a longtime resident of Newton, died early today, Feb. 28, at his farm home following a heart attack.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Wallace-Pence Funeral Home. The Rev. Clifford Edwards and the Rev. John Moorloch will conduct services. Burial will be in the Sugar Grove Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Friday. Visitation with the family will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Survivors are his wife, Neola, six sons, Lee of Penfield, Ga., the Rev. Clifford of Atlanta, Ga., David of Newton, Richard of Waco, Texas, Brian of Des Moines and Max of Elizabeth City, N.C., two daughters, Gloria (Mrs. Lewis) Spencer of Atlanta, Ga., and Carol (Mr. George) Pierce of Columbus, Ga.; 25 grandchildren; and 12 great grandchildren. Also surviving are two sisters, Viola Anthony and Ethel Friends, both of Ukiah, Calif.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, the former Rosemond Baty, Oct 18, 1975, and an infant grandchild.

Mr. Edwards, a member of Mount Zion United Methodist Church, had been employed at Thomberts Inc. for 30 years, retiring in 1980. The son of Edgar Jefferson and Bertha Hammer Edwards, he was born Feb. 2, 1916 in Ames. He was married to Neola Meredith Brayton March 25, 1980 in Newton. Mr. Edwards had resided in Georgia for two years.

Wilbur was the vice president of Thombert, Inc., a plastics fabrication firm in Newton. In his later years, after his marriage to Neola, Wilbur attended the Mt. Zion Methodist Church where he was a member of the board.

Originally submitted on Mon. May 29 08:24:28 2000

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