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Charles Edwards, Jr., 92 of Harrison

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Charles Edwards, Jr., 92, of Harrison, died in Harrison on Monday, July 27 (2020). A private graveside service will be held at Rogers Cemetery near Gaither. Arrangements were by Roller-Christeson Funeral Home.

The son of the late Charles Edwards and Nerva Jane (Cheatham) Edwards, was born in Mt. Judea on April 5, 1928. He attended Arkansas Tech University in Russellville and finished his degree at the University of the Ozarks in Clarksville. Never one to like to be far from home, he lived in Harrison after marrying Mildred Ruth Parker in 1950. He proudly served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and was stationed in Germany. After his discharge, he and Mildred Ruth moved to Clarksville to finish his education.

Junior taught school and coached basketball at Bergman, St. Joe, and Omaha. He was a referee for many years at high school basketball games in the area. He began a new career with the Arkansas Department of Human Services as a caseworker in Newton County and later transferred to Boone County where he worked for 25 years.

Junior was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred Ruth Edwards; his brothers, Herbert, JB (Beet), Frank and John; and his sisters, Sybil, Ineva, Geneva, and Elsie June.

He is survived by his daughter, Robin Cooper; his sister, Virgie Edwards Patterson; his sister-in-law, Freda McCutcheon Edwards; a granddaughter; many nieces and nephews.



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