John Wiley Edwards Sr. (1923 - 2012)

Born 10 Nov 1923 in Blackey, Letcher, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Died 30 May 2012 at age 88 in Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, United States

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John Edwards Sr. was born in Appalachia, in Kentucky.

Biography

John was born in 1923. He was the son of Robert Edwards and Diana Amburgey. He passed away in 2012.

Sources

• 1930 U.S., Federal Census, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600's-Current, U.S., WWI Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947.

• "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHJ-QBQX : 11 February 2018), John W Edwards, 10 Nov 1923; citing Birth, Letcher, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMFV-5ZB : accessed 16 December 2022), John Edwards in household of R R Edwards, Hazard, Perry, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 4A, line 3, family 72, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 774; FHL microfilm 2,340,509.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7TB-S5C : 9 January 2021), John Edwards in household of R R Edwards, Magisterial District 3, Letcher, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-21, sheet 20A, line 8, family 306, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1330.
• Marriage: "Barbee-Edwards Betrothal Told" The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, 16 Nov 1949, page 15, columns 5-6
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5X-KXMB : accessed 16 December 2022), John Wiley Edwards, Georgia, United States, 01 Jun 2012; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing , born-digital text.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91194977/john-wiley-edwards: accessed 15 December 2022), memorial page for John Wiley Edwards Sr. (10 Nov 1923–30 May 2012), Find a Grave Memorial ID 91194977, citing Kennesaw Memorial Park, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Frances Chambers (contributor 46952293).