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Edgar, Elizabeth Cathrine Heisinger
Obit: Mrs. W. T. (M) Edgar, residing in the neighborhood of Lakeview, suffered a stroke of paralysis last Thursday
evening from which she died on Friday morning. She had left her home and started to that of her son, Pearl Edgar,
just across the field and when about half way suffered the stroke of paralysis and fell in a snow drift. She was
found about four o'clock in the afternoon but it was not known just how long she was exposed to the cold. Medical
aid was summoned but the paralysis and exposure to the cold had rendered her unconscious and death followed the
next morning.
Deceased was a native Missourian and born in the county, September 2, 1866. She was the daughter of Henry Heisinger,
a well known resident of eastern Ray county. Mrs. Edgar was the mother of nine children, eight of whom with the
husband are left to mourn her departure. The funeral service was held from the home Saturday morning conducted
by Rev. Matthews of Norborne, and interment was made in the Lavelock cemetery. The grief stricken family have
the deepest sympathy of their host of friends.
Hardin News, January 2, 1918 Submitted by Joyce Edgar Phipps
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Edgar, Glenn J.
Obit: Gleen J. Edgar, 70, of Independence, died Jan. 4, at his home. He was born May 11, 1921, in the Lakeview
community near Hardin to Jess J. and Willie V. (Demint) Edgar. Edgar married Dorothy D. Crane of Kansas City,
Nov. 22, 1943. Edgar was a retired medical gas testing engineer for Puritan Bennett Compressed Gas Company after
36 years. He was a U. S. Army veteran of World War ll and a member of the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in rural
Ray County. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy Edgar of the home; a son, Glenn E. Edgar of Joplin; a daughter, Sherry
K. Tomblinson of Independence; five grandchildren, Amy Joann Chapman, Jeff Ferrell, Kyle Andrew Edgar and Nathan
Alan Edgar; and two great-grandchildren, Katie Chapman and Eli Chapman. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30
a.m.Tuesday at Thurman Funeral Home in Richmond. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral
home with Rev. Chris Cox officiating. Burial will be at Richmond Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be Bill Shields,
Dale Dooley, Mike Dooley, Steve Dooley, John Baty and Mike Timmerman. The family suggest contributions to the
American Heart Associaton.
Unknown newspaper January 6, 1992 Submitted by Joyce Edgar Phipps
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Edgar, Jesse Johnston
Obit: Jesse Johnston Edgar was born June 1, 1885 in Ray county, Missouri. He was the son of William and Elizabeth
Heisinger Edgar. He departed this life August 14, 1941 at the home of his father, W. M. Edgar of northeast of
Hardin. He was married by Rev. O. H. Wood, September 30, 1914 to Miss Willie DeMint. To this union were born
two children, a daughter, Dorothy, who died in infancy and a son, Glen of the home, who with the wife survives.
When about 21 years of age he joined the Methodist church in Oklahoma. In 1921 he moved his membership to the
Hardin Methodist Church where he remained faithful to his belief. For the last several years he has attended the
Mount Pleasant Church near his home where he acted as Sundal School superintendent and Sunday School teacher.
His untiring efforts and congenial disposition will be greatly missed by his many friends and relatives. He leaves
to mourn his passing, his wife and son, Glenn, also his father and step mother. His mother preceded him in death
in 1918. Also surviving are three brothers, Pearl, William and Roy, all of Ray county. Three sister, Mrs. Odessa
Euell of Jordan, Montana, Mrs. Clara Leaky and Mrs. Iva Hawkins of near Hardin. A number of nieces, nephews and
a host of friends. His dying words were a prayer aking the Lord to take him home and give him peace and rest.
The Hardin News, August 21, 1941, Submitted by Joyce Edgar Phipps
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Edgar, William Mack
Obit: PIONEER RESIDENT DIES....William Mack Edgar of the Lakeview vicinity died at his home at 10:20 a.m. Monday,
Sept. 4, at the age of 88 years.
He was born Nov. 1, 1861, in Lowesville, Ky., the son of Johnston Mack Edgar and Susan (Franks) Edgar, both of
Kentucky.
The major portion of his life was lived on the Ray-Carroll County line, where he had been identified with the
progress of the vicinity for the last 70 years. He was a member of the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.
Mr. Edgar was married in 1885 to Elizabeth Heisinger and after her death he was married to Mrs. Emma Jackson
of California on May 20, 1926.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Emma Edgar of the home, three sons, Pearl, William and Roy Edgar of the home vicinity;
three daughters, Mrs. Dessie Euell of Jardan, Mont., Mrs. Iva Hawkins, of the Lakeview vicinity and one brother,
Crit Edgar, Selma, Calif., 25 grandchildren and 48 great grandchildren.
Unknown newspaper, September 7, 1950 Submitted by Joyce Edgar Phipps
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Edgar, Willie Vivian
Obit: Funeral services for Mrs. Willie Vivian Edgar, 67, of Hardin were held today at the Hardin Methodist Church
with the Rev. Warren Haley of Thompson, Mo., officiating. Burial was in the Lavelock Cemetery under the direction
of Knipschild and Borrcherding Funeral Home. Mrs. Edgar died at 2:25 a.m. Saturday, at the home of her son, Glenn
Edgar, in Kansas City after an illness of two years. She was born April 8, 1892, in Ray County, a daughter of
Elijah Demint of Carroll County and Nannie Belle Freeman of Ray County. She had spent her entire life in Ray County.
She was married to Jessie J. Edgar of Ray County on Sept. 30, 1914. She is survived by two brothers, James Demint
of Hardin and Robert J. Demint of Brooking, S. D. and four sisters, Mrs. Mollie Happy of Hardin, Mrs. Threassa
Loeven of Lamar, Colo., Mrs. Anna Baty of Aurora, S. D. and Mrs. Jessie Edgar of Norborne. Also surviving are
two grandchildren. One daughter died in infancy. Pallbearers were Billy Edgar, Billy Leaky, Malcom Edgar, Paul
Happy, Jimmy Edgar, and Harold Baty.
The Richmond News, September 28, 1957 Submitted by Joyce Edgar Phipps
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Ellington, R. B.
R.B. Ellington Dead.
R.B. Ellington, of near Converse, died at the home of his son, George Ellington, Monday, April 12, after an illness
of long duration. He was 80 yeas of age and had lived in Missouri his entire life, the greater part of which had
been spent in and near Paradise. He was united in marriage to Miss Mattie Moore in the year of 1867, his wife preceeding
his in death July 26, 1890. To this union eight children were born, three of whom survive: Mrs. Clara McCroskrie,
of Excelsior Springs; G.E. Ellington, of Converse, and J.W. Ellington, of near Paradise.
Mr. Ellington had made his home with his son, George, of Converse, for the last two years and during his residence
there had many acquaintances who regret to learn of his death.
Funeral services were held at the Paradise church conducted by Rev. I.T. Nash, pastor of the Holt Methodist
church, and burial was in the Paradise cemetery Tuesday afternoon.
Lawson Review, Lawson, Missouri, April 22, 1920, Submitted by J.Z.
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Endsley, Jennie Estella (Black)
Held Rites for Mrs. Everett Endsley at Orrick, on Sunday
Mrs. Everett Endsley, 68 years old, died at the family home, two miles northeast of Orrick on Friday morning, at
12:30 o'clock, after an illness of two weeks.
Jennie Estella Black, daughter of Frank and Jeannette (Russell) Black of Scotland and Pennsylvania, was born June
9, 1873, and had spent all of her life in Ray County.
On December 9, 1891, she married Everett Endsley, who survives, also one son, Bertie Endsley of Kansas City, and
one daughter, Mrs. Beatrice Tucker of Excelsior Springs; also her mother and one brother, John Black of Fleming,
one sister, Mrs. Ethel Allen of Orrick, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
The funeral service was conducted by Orrick Christian church by Mrs. C.D. Brasher. Burial was at South Point. The
Gibson Funeral Home had charge of the arrangements.
Unknown newspaper and date: South Point Cemetery listing 1873-1942
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Evans, Susan
Mrs. Susan Evans, aged 84 years, died at the home of her son-in-law G. P. Long, where she had been moved some 4
weeks before she died, near her old home where she had raised a large family consisting of 6 daughters, 3 sons
of whom 5 daughters and 2 sons still survive to mourn her loss. Richmond Conservator, February 13, 1890
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