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Submitted: 5/2/13 • Approved: 3/31/18 • Last Updated: 4/3/18 • R871946-G871946-S3
November 27, 1913 - April 6, 2016
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Thursday, April 7, 2016
LOWELL — Mr. Roy T. Edgmon, 102, of Lowell, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at his home surrounded by family. Mr. Edgmon was born Nov. 27, 1913, in Newton County, Ark., to Phil and Pennie Edgmon.
He married Vola Watson May 28, 1933. They moved to Northwest Arkansas in the fall of 1945 where he farmed and worked over 30 years at Farmers Co-op. He was a longtime member and deacon of Phillips Chapel Free Will Baptist Church of Springdale. In 2012 Mr. and Mrs. Edgmon were the Arkansas recipients of the Worldwide Marriage Encounter's award for the Arkansas couple with the longest marriage.
He was preceded in death by his mother and father and three brothers, Dewey, Arnold and Bob Edgmon.
He is survived by his wife, Vola of the home, two sons, J. D. of Bentley, Kansas, Don of Lake Fork, Texas and one daughter, Frankie Scott of Springdale. Also surviving are 10 grandchildren, and numerous great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, and great-great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held 1 p.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 9, 2016, at the Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home in Springdale. Funeral service will begin at 2 p.m. with Dr. Randy Carroll officiating the service. Committal service to follow at the Friendship Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Circle of Life Hospice Home, 901 Jones Road, Springdale, AR 72762.
Married May 28, 1933 Swain, Newton Co AR
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