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Meeker resident Mr. W. Joe Edwards, 74, passed away Saturday, Sept. 23, at his home. He was born Dec. 11, 1932 in Tadeuh, Texas, to John E. and Florence Mae Mowles.
Joe was raised in the Butler area. At a very young age he started farming with his family. In the early 1950's he was drafted to the U.S. Army and served in the Korean War as a cook. Later he met and married Miss Lois Gean Walker in Reno, Nev., on August 18, 1956. She preceded him in death Nov. 7, 2003.
The young couple made their home in California for several years. Joe worked as a truck driver, hauling mobile homes until 1976 when he and his wife moved to Oklahoma City. There he was employed as a diesel mechanic until his retirement in 1996.
He was a member of the Liberty Worship Center in Oklahoma City. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed hunting.
He also was preceded in death by his sisters, Barbara, Lillie, and an infant sister; brothers, Boots, Haskell, Harold, Quentin and George.
He is survived by three daughters, Linda Withrow and husband, Steve, Cathy Solomon and her husband, Clifford, all of Oklahoma City; Clifford Stokely and her husband, Charles; sons, David Edwards and wife, Annette, Meeker, and Steven Edwards, Boley; 27 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mary Hernandez, Oklahoma City, and Myrtle McCoy, California; brothers, Donald Edwards and Lewis Edwards, Butler.
Service will be 10:00 a.m today at Kiesau Memorial Chapel, with the Rev. Shane Hall officiating burial will conclude in the Osceola Cemetery, northeast of Butler, under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home.