Obituary of Donald Wayne Edwards

Services for Donald Wayne Edwards, 75, Mountain View, Arkansas, formerly of East Texas, are scheduled for 10:00 am, Saturday, August 6, in the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home chapel, Overton. Burial will be in the Williams Cemetery near Tyler. Mr. Edwards died Sunday, July 31, 2016 in Mountain View, Arkansas. He was born October 21, 1940 in Henderson to the late Kirk Phillip and Delores Layne Edwards and married Martha Jo Cline May 28, 1958. He was a former resident of East Texas and had been a resident of Mountain View for the past 11 years. He was a truck driver a loving husband, father and grandfather. He enjoyed pitching horseshoes, fishing, and being outside. Besides his parents, He is also preceded by his wife, Martha Jo Edwards and a brother, Phillip Darrell Edwards. Survivors include three sons, Phillip Don Edwards, Carrollton, TX, Darrell Brent Edwards, Vancouver, Canada, and Anthony Frank Edwards, Tyler, TX; daughter, Vickie Lyn Edwards, Mountain View, AR; a sister-in-law, Linda Edwards, Kilgore;  a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Ruth Ann and Sam Barber, Carrollton; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and other family. Pallbearers will be Alton Risinger, Bryan Risinger, John Layne, Anthony Edwards, Robert Misenheimer and Glinn Brown. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm, Friday, August 5.