J. W. EDWARDS

JESSE-Memorial services for James Wesley "Jim" Edwards, 84, Jesse, are 2:00 P.M. Thursday at the Criswell Chapel.

Mr. Edwards died on Monday, September 21, 2009, at his home. He was born January 27, 1925, at Blackrock near Allen, to James Wesley Edwards Sr. and Manda Maude Davis Edwards. He attended school at Cathay, Oklahoma. He served in the U. S. Army Infantry during WWII in the Pacific Front, serving in Iwo Jima and the Philippines. He was an oil field worker and welder, and later owned a trucking business based in Union Valley.

He married Gladys Bernice Grigsby in 1946. She preceded him in death on November 19, 1972. He married Golda Faye Shinn in 1977. She preceded him in death on December 14, 1999.

Survivors include a son, James Ed Edwards and his wife Sheryl, Stonewall; two daughters, Linda Barnett and her husband Aubrey, Ada; and Susan Murphy and her husband Steve, Frisco, Texas; six grandchildren, Shelly Hatter, Stratford; Jamie Phillips and her husband Robert, Union Valley; Shaun Mullins and his wife Heather, Edmond; Jason Edwards and his wife Kelley, Stratford; Mackenzie Wilfong and her husband Erin, Stillwater; and Madison Murphy, Japan; nine great grandchildren; one sister, Nina Lynch, Ada; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, James and Manda Edwards; a brother, Bill Edwards; sisters, Elva Selby and Jean Smalling; his first wife Bernice and his second wife Golda.

The family says those who wish may make memorials to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation for Diabetes Research, 825 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104-9930.

Criswell Funeral Home