James Jimmy Edwards III, 28, of Marks died of mylofibrosis with complications of pneumonia Sunday, August 8, 1999, in San Antonio, TX.
Services were held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 14, at Valley Queen M. B. Church with the Rev. Carl D. Brown officiating. Burial followed at Belmont Cemetery. Delta Burial Corporation of Marks had charge.
Mr. Edwards, a recruiter and staff sergeant in the U. S. Army, was born on November 20, 1970 in Batesville. He earned numerous awards while in the Army. He was a member of Valley Queen M. B. Church and was a graduate of Quitman County High School.
The United States Armed Forces Color Guard will serve as his pallbearers.
Survivors include his parents, Jimmy and Mandy Edwards of Marks; two sisters, Cynthia M. Rucker of Memphis and Sherril M. Edwards of Marks; three brothers, Bryant S. Edwards of Nashville, Johnathan J. Edwards of Memphis, and Joshua Edwards of Marks; his grandparents, Jim and Mildred Edwards and Onie Lee Williams, all of Marks.
Quitman County Democrat, Thursday, August 19, 1999

James Jimmy Edwards III, 28, of Marks died of mylofibrosis with complications of pneumonia Sunday, August 8, 1999, in San Antonio, TX.
Services were held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 14, at Valley Queen M. B. Church with the Rev. Carl D. Brown officiating. Burial followed at Belmont Cemetery. Delta Burial Corporation of Marks had charge.
Mr. Edwards, a recruiter and staff sergeant in the U. S. Army, was born on November 20, 1970 in Batesville. He earned numerous awards while in the Army. He was a member of Valley Queen M. B. Church and was a graduate of Quitman County High School.
The United States Armed Forces Color Guard will serve as his pallbearers.
Survivors include his parents, Jimmy and Mandy Edwards of Marks; two sisters, Cynthia M. Rucker of Memphis and Sherril M. Edwards of Marks; three brothers, Bryant S. Edwards of Nashville, Johnathan J. Edwards of Memphis, and Joshua Edwards of Marks; his grandparents, Jim and Mildred Edwards and Onie Lee Williams, all of Marks.
Quitman County Democrat, Thursday, August 19, 1999