Baton Rouge, LA–
MIKE J. EDWARDS,
a retired Gulf States Utilities Co. employee and a resident of Baton
Rouge, died at 4:30 a.m. Thursday, April 10, 1997, at Baton Rouge
General Medical Center. He was 73 and a native of Vanduser, Mo. He was
a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral
Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and after 8
a.m. Saturday. Religious services at the funeral home chapel at 9 a.m.
Saturday, conducted by the Rev. Jim Bain. Graveside services at
Blackwell Cemetery,Folsom, at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Survived by wife,
Margaret Joyce Dickson Edwards; a son, Mike J. Edwards Jr., San
Francisco; a stepdaughter and spouse, Cheri Richards and Dwight
Clement, Houston; two stepsons, J. Kyle Richards, New Orleans, and
Jeffrey Richards, Baton Rouge; a sister, Irene E. Landry, Baton Rouge;
a brother, Dr. James D. Edwards, Athens, Ga.; a granddaughter, Phaedra
Edwards, San Francisco; and four stepgrandchildren, Kellie and Kyle
Clement, both of Houston, and Jeffrey Jr. and Lindsey Richards, both of
Natchez, Miss. Preceded in death by parents, the Rev. Thomas T. Sr. and
Reitha Cranford Edwards; and a brother, Thomas T. Edwards Jr. He was a
member of Istrouma Baptist Church, Campus Bible class at LSU, Baton
Rouge Lodge No. 372, F&AM, and Cajun Clickers. He was a ham radio
operator. --Advocate, The (Baton Rouge, LA) - April 11,
1997
Inverness,
FL--
ELMER
EICHHORN,
73, of Inverness, died Saturday (Feb. 24, 1990). Born in New Hamburg,
Mo., he moved to Inverness 28 years ago from Clearwater. He was a
retired building contractor, a member of the First Assembly of God
Church, a charter member and past president of the Beverly Hills Lions
Club and a former zone chairman for the Florida Lions Club. Survivors
include his wife, Helen; a son, John, Hernando; four daughters, Mary
Horne and Joyce Colston, both of Inverness, Linda Hickey, Hernando, and
Brenda Gorham, Jacksonville; four brothers, Marvin, Clyde and Cyril,
all of Chaffee, Mo., and Ervin, Kelso, Mo.; two sisters, Coena Urhaun
and Rose Talley, both of Chaffee; 10 grandchildren; and three
great-grandchildren. Anderson McQueen Funeral Home, St.
Petersburg. --St. Petersburg Times (FL) - March 1, 1990
Bartow, FL--
EMERSON ESKEW,
79, of Bartow died Tuesday (Feb. 19,1991) at Bartow Memorial Hospital.
A native of Chaffee, Mo., he moved to this area 10 years ago from
Alabama. He was a sheet metal worker and a member of First Assembly of
God of Bartow. He is survived by his wife, Helen M.; a son, Jack W. of
Albany, Ga.; three daughters, Dorothy L. Birge of Riverview, Kathern S.
Harbison of Cullman, Ala., and Margaret A. Allen of Nashville; and 14
grandchildren. Lakeland Funeral Home.
--Tampa Tribune, The (FL) - February 23, 1991