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Submitted: 1/22/21 • Approved: 1/22/21 • Last Updated: 1/25/21 • R380930-G380929-S3
1917-1990
Beloved Wife and Mother
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Ruth Edwards, 72, Bedford, died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 1990, in Bishop Davis Nursing Home in Bedford.
Graveside services will be at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor of Bible Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be by Ed Brown & Sons Funeral Directors.
A native of Tyler, she was a Borger resident from 1937 to 1984, and lived in Bedford from 1984 until her death.
Mrs. Edwards was a homemaker, and a Methodist.
Survivors include one daughter, Edith Eckler of Bedford; one brother, Floyd Stamps of Gladewater; one sister, Mary Davis of Tyler; and four grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, January 17, 1990)
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Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Fannie Ruth Stamps
Birth Date: 12 Jul 1917
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Tyler, Smith, Texas, USA
Father: W E Stamps
Father Birth Place: Smith County, Texas
Mother: Carrie L Gilley
Mother Birth Place: Smith County, Texas
Mother Residence: Troup Smith, Texas
Texas, Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011
Name: Johnnie A Edwards
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1914
Age: 23
Marriage Date: 12 Nov 1937
Marriage Place: Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Spouse: Fannie R Stamps
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Age: 20
Source: Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2011
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