Jesse C. Edwards

JESSE C. (Prof) EDWARDS

Jesse C. (Prof) Edwards, 100, of Edgerton, Mo., formerly of Smithville, Mo., passed away, Sunday, June 4, 2006.

He was born on February 16, 1906 to Jesse James and Myrta (Burnett) Edwards, in Platte County Missouri. He graduated from Smithville High School in 1923, Central Missouri State in Warrensburg in 1929 and later received his Masters in Education at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo.

On May 28, 1927 he was united in marriage to Linnie B. Baker in Richey, Montana. After their marriage they lived in the Smithville area, Alma, Kansas, Overland Park, Kansas and after their retirement they moved to rural Edgerton, Mo., where they made their home.

Jesse taught at Trimble and Smithville for 13 years. He then served his country in the U.S. Navy during W.W. II as a lieutenant commander. After his honorable discharge he served as Superintendent at Alma, Kansas for 10 years and later taught Physics at Southwest High School in Kansas City for 16 years.

Jesse was a member of the First Christian Church in Smithville.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Linnie B. Edwards, September 29, 1999, his parents and two brothers Albert and Clarence Edwards.

Jesse is survived by two children: Carol Edward Bowles, Edgerton, Mo., and James C. Edwards. Virginia Beach, Va., eight grandchildren, twenty one great-grandchildren, six great-great-grandchildren, one nephew, Jess Alan Edwards and wife, Martha, Edgerton, Mo., several great-nieces and nephews, other relatives and many friends.

Graveside Service and Burial: 3:00 P.M., Thursday at Ridgely Cemetery., Ridgely , Mo.

Visitation: 1:00-2:30 P.M., Thursday, at the Hixson-Klein Funeral Home, Smithville, Mo.