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Shirley Sue Edwards, of Crocker died Monday, July 24, 2023, in Springfield. She was born on Aug. 29, 1938, in Camden County near Richland, a daughter of Davis and Phoebe Ellen (Bellington) Wilson.
Shirley grew up on a farm near Richland doing chores and delivering the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the Springfield News Leader to over 150 customers and attended Richland school. On March 5, 1955, in Tuscumbia, she was united in marriage to Raymond E. “Gene” Edwards. This union was blessed with the gift of five children: Raymond Eugene Jr, Eugenia Sue, Billy Lee, Randy Wayne, and Scarlett DeAnna.
They moved to Odessa for a short time, where she worked for Action Manufacturing and picked up a part time job at a café making donuts and thirty-two flavored shakes. Shirley was a member of First Baptist Church in Crocker. Shirley worked multiple jobs through her life … many at the same time.Whether it was Tupperware or Avon on top of full-time jobs from Brown Shoe to Copeland, plus she could always be found at Family Garage which she owned with her husband, Gene. Shirley valued family and enjoyed having the whole family together for the holidays whether it was Easter, Thanksgiving or Christmas which was celebrated on Christmas Eve.
She is survived by two sons, Raymond Edwards, Jr. and his wife Martina of Richland, and Randy Edwards and his wife Denise of Belle; two daughters, Eugenia Plotner of Lebanon and Scarlett Goodwin and her husband Robert of Chillicothe; one sister, Peggy Beavens of Independence; nine grandchildren, Daniel Edwards, Heather Watson, Chris Plotner, Tiffany Edwards, Dustin Goodwin, Jeremy Edwards, William Goodwin, Shauna Daugherty, and Derek Edwards; nine great-grandchildren, Gavin Rivera, Emily Nelson, Damen Plotner, Seth Rivera, Terri Nelson, Samantha Goodwin, Abby Goodwin, Kenneth Goodwin and James Daugherty; plus a bonus great-grandson Shane Wiles and a load of nieces, nephews, and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Davis and Phoebe Wilson, her husband, Gene Edwards on July 9, 2016, her son, Billy Lee Edwards, and her grandkids, Joshua Edwards and Stephanie Plotner, plus her siblings Mary Ellen Kiser, Charles Davis Wilson Jr., and Dona Beth Sippio.
The family will receive friends beginning at noon on Monday, July 31, 2023, at the First Baptist Church in Crocker with funeral services to be held at 1 p.m. with Pastor Trey Dolloff officiating. Burial will be in Lewis Cemetery, Richland.
Pallbearers will be Daniel Edwards, Dustin Goodwin, Jeremy Edwards, William Goodwin, Derek Edwards, Hunter Watson, Nick Daugherty, and Shane Wiles. Honorary pallbearers will be Raymond Edwards, Jr., Randy Edwards, Ronnie Edwards, Chris Plotner, Gavin Rivera, Seth Rivera, Damen Plotner, Charles Fox, Jr., and Cristin Fox.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Lewis Cemetery or First Baptist Church of Crocker in care of the Fox Funeral Home, PO Box 37, Cole Camp, Mo. 65325. Online condolences may be left at www.foxfuneralhomecolecampmo.com.
Arrangements are under the direction of Fox Funeral Home of Cole Camp.
