Dickens Child Dies In Hospital Here Monday, July 31
Henry Lee Edwards, small son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Edwards of Dickens, passed away in a local hospital on Monday afternoon, July 31, 6:40 o´clock, death coming after three and a half days of illness.Henry Lee was four years, nine months and 28 days old, having been born on October 5th, 1934.
Funeral services were held at the Dickens cemetery Tuesday afternoon, August 1, 3:00 o´clock, with Rev. J. Little officiating. Interment was made in Dickens Cemetery under direction of Kinney Funeral Home of Dickens.
Survivors are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Edwards; two brothers; Claude, Jr., and Jessie; one half brother, Billie Edwards, and one half-sister, Dessa Mae Mitchell; grandparents, Mrs. J. W. Edwards, Croton, and Mr. and Mrs. Jess Hawley, Matador. A great grandmother, Mrs. A. L. Davidson, lives at Croton. There are also a number of other relatives in the Dickens-Croton area.
©The Texas Spur, August 10, 1939
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