Luther Guy Edwards Jr.

b. 17 February 1922, d. 13 November 1967
  • Luther Guy Edwards Jr. was born on 17 February 1922 in Louisiana.
  • Luther Guy Edwards and Adina Maude Latham appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Noble, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, enumerated near Adina's brother John Latham.. Other members of the household included Luther Guy Edwards Jr., Winston Birdwell Edwards and Marilyn Edwards.
  • Luther Guy Edwards and Adina Maude Latham appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Noble, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Other members of the household included Luther Guy Edwards Jr., Winston Birdwell Edwards and Marilyn Edwards.
  • Luther Guy Edwards Jr. registered for the draft on 29 June 1942 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, while living with his parents in Noble, and employed there by his father.
  • Luther Guy Edwards Jr. died on 13 November 1967 at age 45.
  • He was interred at Noble Cemetery, Noble, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
  • The following appeared on 23 November 1967 in the Sabine Index: Luther Guy Edwards Jr., 45, of Noble, died Sunday, Nov. 12, at an offshore drilling rig. [:CR;]      Funeral services were held at 3 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 12, at the Zwolle Methodist Church. Burial was in Noble Cemetery, under the direction of Drewett Funeral Home of Mansfield.
         Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Shirley Jeter Edwards; two sons, Luther Guy Edwards III of Odessa, Tex., and Terry O'Leary of Noble; his mother, Mrs. L. G. Edwards Sr. of Noble; one brother, Winstone Edwards of Independence, Mo; one sister, Mrs. Marilyn Cates of Ada, Okla.
  • Last Edited: 5 Nov 2015