Ernest Earl Edgar |
| Posted 2016-08-17 by Judy Wight Branson |
| The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Wednesday, July 20, 2016 Earnest Earl Edgar returned to his Heavenly Father on Saturday, July 16, at the Whipple VA Hospital in Prescott, Arizona. He was born Feb. 16, 1930, in Henryetta, Oklahoma, at the height of the Dust Bowl Era and the beginning of the Great Depression. At the age of 6 months, Earnest and his family moved to the Mesa, Arizona area. At the age of 14, he and his family moved to Chino Valley. After his father died, Earl worked for the Nick Perkins Ranch. Earl was the fourth child of Vinson Edgar and Gussie Geneva (Miller) Edgar. He and his brothers all served in the Armed Forces. He served in the Navy and was stationed off the coast of California out of San Diego. Earl met his eternal sweetheart, Della Jean Johnson, when they were in high school. They started dating when he was in the 10th grade. After Earl returned from the Navy, they were married on July 10, 1950, at the Courthouse in Prescott, Arizona. Later, they were sealed in the Mesa Arizona Temple. They celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary last week. Earl is preceded in death by his parents, Vinson and Gussie Edgar, his brothers, Alfred, Clarence, and Grandville, and a sister, Mildred. He is survived by his loving wife, Della, and two daughters, Sharon (Rick) Cox of Warden, Washington and Sandi (Tim) Price of Loveland, Colorado, his sister, Wanda (Frank) Day of Clayton, Washington. He is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. He is the proud grandfather of 10 grandchildren and great grandfather of twenty-eight; with one more on the way, due in September. Funeral services will be held, Friday, July 22, at 11 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 441 W Perkinsville Road, Chino Valley, Arizona. Family gathering will be at 10:30. Interment will be at the Chino Valley Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to the Chino Valley Funeral Home. Information provided by survivors. |
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