Marilyn Edwards
b. 20 May 1926, d. 10 August 2014
- Father: Luther Guy Edwards b. 4 February 1892, d. 5 March 1944
- Mother: Adina Maude Latham b. 3 March 1902, d. 18 March 1978
- Marilyn Edwards was born on 20 May 1926 in Converse, Sabine Parish, 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 Marilyn Edwards, Luther Guy Edwards Jr. and Winston Birdwell 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 Marilyn Edwards, Luther Guy Edwards Jr. and Winston Birdwell Edwards.
- She married Raleigh Coleman Cates on 27 June 1949.
- The following appeared on 23 March 1978 in the Sabine Index: Adina M. Edwards, 76, of Ada, Okla., died Saturday, March 18, at her residence, following a short illness. Funeral services were at 2 p.m., Tuesday, March 21, in the Noble Methodist Church, with burial following in the Noble Cemetery, under the direction of the Drewett Funeral Home of Mansfield. Mrs. Edwards is survived by one daughter, Marilyn Cates; one son, Winston B. Edwards; three sisters, Zell Cates, Grady Ashby and Helen Miles of Pleasant Hill; four grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.
- Marilyn Edwards became a widow at the 12 October 2001 death of her husband Raleigh Coleman Cates.
- Marilyn Edwards died on 10 August 2014 at age 88 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.
- The following appeared on 12 August 2014 in The Ada Evening News: (Ada) Memorial services for Marilyn Cates, 88, of Ada, will be held at a later date.
Mrs. Cates died Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014, at a local hospital. She was born May 22, 1926, at Converse, Louisiana, to Luther Guy and Adina Maude Latham Edwards. She graduated from high school in Noble, Louisiana. She attended business school in Missouri and licensed practical nursing school at Byng.
She married Raleigh Coleman Cates June 27, 1949. He preceded her in death October 12, 2001, in Oklahoma City. Mrs. Cates was a licensed practical nurse at Valley View Regional Hospital from 1977 until 1999. She had previously been a legal secretary for Kerr, Con and Mayhue Law Firm. Mrs. Cates was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Zwolle, Louisiana.
Survivors include a daughter, Susan Osborn of Denver, Colorado; two grandchildren, Laura Marilyn Osborn and her husband Asbed Bedrossian of Glendale, California, and Mahate Sara Rose Osborn of Oakland, California; three great-grandchildren, Daron Bedrossian, Liliy Bedrossian and Rowan Osarelli; and special friends, Joyce Cook and Janice Rike.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and two brothers, L. G. Edwards and Winston Edwards.
- Last Edited: 5 Nov 2015