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     Merle Edmonds was born on 6 July 1915 at Taney Co., MO. She was the daughter of Joseph Lafayette Edmonds and Edith Jane Peacock. Merle Edmonds married Lawrence Owen Lyons on 22 June 1935. Merle Edmonds died on 17 November 1994 at Springfield, Greene Co., MO, at age 79 Obituary (findagrave.com):

Springfield (Missouri) News-Leader
Friday, November 18, 1994
Obituary

Merle (Edmonds) Lyons, 79, Springfield, died at 12:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, 1994, in the Manor at Elfindale [in Springfield], after a 16-month battle with lung cancer.

Born July 6, 1915, in southeast Taney County, Mo., (near Theodosia), she was the second child of Joseph Lafayette and Edith Jane (Peacock) Edmonds. She attended schools in Oklahoma and graduated from Springfield Senior High School in 1933. She attended Southwest Missouri State University for one year. Merle was united in marriage on June 22, 1935, to Lawrence Owen Lyons. She was a devoted mother, wife and homemaker and was a member of St. Agnes Cathedral.

She is survived by a daughter and her husband, Sally and John McAlear, Springfield; two grandsons, David Owen Lyons and Patrick Allen Lyons, Springfield; a daughter-in-law, Priscilla Lyons, Springfield; two nieces; and two nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Owen Lyons, in 1990; a son, Patrick Owen Lyons, in 1968; a son, John Paul Lyons, in 1994; a brother, Kendrick Thaddeus Edmonds, in 1989.

Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, 1994, in St. Agnes Chapel with Revs. Thomas Keifer and David Dohogne officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery under direction of Herman Lohmeyer Funeral Home, 500 E. Walnut. No visitation is planned.

She was buried in November 1994 at Saint Mary's Cemetery, Springfield, Greene Co., MO, Find A Grave Memorial# 10812233.

     P. C. Edmonds was born circa 1861. She was the daughter of Benjamin Edmonds and Elizabeth M. Windle.

     Elmer Willingham Edmondson was born on 14 March 1915 at Halifax Co., VA. He married Pauline Elizabeth Crews on 25 December 1936. Elmer Willingham Edmondson died on 17 October 1976 at Danville, VA, at age 61.

     Jefferson Davis Edmondson married Lula Eugenia Ward.

     Olive Estella Edmondson was born on 3 April 1889. She was the daughter of Jefferson Davis Edmondson and Lula Eugenia Ward. Olive Estella Edmondson married Cicero Johnson Howard, son of George Alvin Howard and Martha Louvenia Johnson, in 1921.

     Estle William Edmons was born on 28 August 1919 at Pikeville, TN. He married Mary Wynona Owen, daughter of Archie D. Owen and Effa Susannah Carter, on 13 November 1937 at Buhl, Twin Falls Co., ID. Estle William Edmons died in 1995.

     Harriett Edmonson married Elsworth Stevens.

     Bertha Edna Edmunds was born on 21 December 1884 at Cherokee Co., IA.¹ She married Archibald E. Wilder on 17 August 1907 at Correctionville, Woodbury Co., IA.¹ Bertha Edna Edmunds died on 9 February 1917 at Des Moines, Polk Co., IA, at age 32.

     Carroll Bernhardt Edson was born on 19 July 1916 at Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo, IA. He was the son of Christian Bernhardt Edson and Josephine Emma Carroll. Carroll Bernhardt Edson married Anne Price, daughter of Rev. Abraham Alderfer Price and Susie Harley Cassel. Carroll Bernhardt Edson died on 21 June 1963 at CA at age 46.

     Christian Bernhardt Edson was born in October 1891 at Cerro Gordo Co. (probably), IA.¹ He was the son of Henry E. Edson and Mathilda G. (?)¹ Christian Bernhardt Edson married Josephine Emma Carroll, daughter of John M. Carroll and Josephine (?). Christian Bernhardt Edson died before 1920 Tuberculosis.

     Elizabeth Edson married Israel Strohl.

     Henry E. Edson was born in January 1864 at Minnesota.¹ He married Mathilda G. (?) circa 1885.¹

     (?) Edwards married Lizzie C. (?) circa 1904.

     Angeline Edwards was born on 5 October 1841 at Liberty, Fairfield Co., OH. She was the daughter of Harmon Edwards and Missouri Gilmore. Angeline Edwards married Josephus B. Smith on 13 December 1860 at Mt. Carroll, Carroll Co., IL. Angeline Edwards died on 21 October 1920 at Mt. Carroll, Carroll Co., IL, at age 79. She was buried on 23 October 1920 at Carroll Co., IL.

     Anna May Edwards was born on 5 April 1905 at New Albany, Floyd Co., IN.¹ She was the daughter of Frank Edwards and Fannie Leslie.¹ Anna May Edwards died on 31 August 1991 at age 86. She was buried in September 1991 at Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Clark Co., IN, Findagrave #132790287.

     Asenath Edwards married John Woolman.

     Asenith H. Edwards was born in July 1851 at Maryland daughter of Rev. Thomas Edwards, Methodist Episcopal minister.¹ She married Nathan H. Franklin on 25 March 1885 at Carroll Co., MD. Asenith H. Edwards died in 1928. She was buried in 1928 at Taylorsville United Methodist Church Cemetery, Taylorsville, Carroll Co., MD, Findagrave #31422425.

     Barbara Edwards was born circa 1722. She married Frederick Parrett in 1739. Barbara Edwards died in 1780 at Toms Brook, Shenandoah Co., VA.

     Barbara Ellen Edwards was born in March 1862 at Ohio.¹ She married Edwin Simon Jones circa 1884.¹ Barbara Ellen Edwards died in February 1936 at age 73. She was buried in 1936 at Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Lee Co., IA, Findagrave #115666746.

     Betty Jane Edwards was the daughter of Charles P. Edwards and Flora Massengill.

     Betty Jean Edwards was born on 10 June 1922 at Black Hawk Co., IA.¹ She was the daughter of James Albert Edwards and Annette Jeannette Wagner.¹ Betty Jean Edwards lived in 1992 at Omaha, Douglas Co., NE.

     Betty Jean Edwards was born on 7 August 1915. She was the daughter of Forrest Wilson Edwards and Ruth Alexander. Betty Jean Edwards married Trygve Nordal Nustad on 14 January 1939 at La Crosse Co., WI. Betty Jean Edwards died on 13 May 2004 at age 88. She was buried in May 2004 at Oak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, La Crosse Co., WI, Findagrave #102005533.

     Calvin Jerome Edwards was born circa 1855 at Tennessee. He was the son of Eldridge S. Edwards and Martha Carr Kitzmiller. Calvin Jerome Edwards died on 23 June 1873 at Macoupin Co., IL. He was buried in June 1873 at Girard Township Cemetery, Girard, Macoupin Co., IL, Find A Grave Memorial# 74078590.

     Caroline D. Edwards was born on 30 April 1848 at Salem, Carroll Co., IL. She was the daughter of Harmon Edwards and Missouri Gilmore. Caroline D. Edwards died on 17 September 1850 at age 2. She was buried in September 1850 at Carroll Co., IL.

     Charlene Edwards was the daughter of Charles P. Edwards and Flora Massengill.

     Charles Mack Edwards married Furlicia Colvin, daughter of Robert Columbus Colvin and Mary Jane Coil, in 1881 at Fayette Co., OH.

     Charles P. Edwards married Flora Massengill, daughter of Michael D. Massengill and Glenna DeVault, on 30 December 1920.

     Charters Edwards was the son of Charles P. Edwards and Flora Massengill.

     Clarence L. Edwards was born circa December 1915 at Floyd or Clark Co., IN.¹ He was the son of Frank Edwards and Fannie Leslie.¹

     Clarence McKinley Edwards died at CA. He was born on 2 January 1904 at Sun River, MT. He married Helen Catherine Scifers, daughter of Thomas Hampton Scifers and Zelma Clara Winard, on 24 February 1940 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA.