This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: EDWARDS, EWERS, DONATHAN, STELTER, HASHEMI, REED, KOSTAMOHERNIGAN Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nYB.2ACE/860 Message Board Post: >From a Hughes County newspaper, Dec. 6, 2001 Raymond Jackson EDWARDS Funeral services for Raymond Jackson EDWARDS were held Nov. 30 at the First Church of God in Holdenville with John EWERS, pastor, officiating. He was born Feb. 5, 1915 in Atwood to Dora (DONATHAN) and John Curtis EDSARDS and died Nov. 27 in Shawnee at the age of 86. Mr. EDWARDS was raised in Atwood and attended school there until moving in 1933. He married Lois STELTER in McAlester on June 6, 1942. He served in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific from March 1943 until October 1945. He and his wife lived in Oakland, Ca. for eight years and then in Fritch, Tx. for eight years. In Texas and thereafter he served the Lord as an ordained minister. The couple returned to Oklahoma and retired on their farm in Calvin in 1978. Mr. EDWARDS enjoyed his farm, livestock and just being outdoors. They attended the Church of God in Holdenville. Survivors include his wife, Lois, of the home; daughters, Jackie HASHEMI and her husband, Dr. Jeff HASHEMI, of Wichita, Ks. and Nancy REED and her husband, Richard, of Norman; son , Curtis EDWARDS and his wife, Eula, of Atlanta, Ga.; seven grandchildren, Mitra KOSTAMO, Jo and Sam HASHEMI, Lisa and Kent REED, Shelly JERNIGAN and Eden EDWARDS; four great-grandchildren, Melody, Mattie and Megan KOSTAMO and Madison JERNIGAN; and several nieces, nephews and other relatives. Pallbearers were Joe HASHEMI, Sam HASHEMI, Kent REED, Clyde EDWARDS, Jeff HASHEMI, Richard REED, Moses KOSTAMO and Steve JERNIGAN. Interment was at Holdenville Cemetery under the direction of Hudson-Phillips Funeral Home of Holdenville.