Elijah L EDMONDS Harding A EDMONDS Hannah Elizabeth WEBB Mini tree diagram
Merdia Coledge EDMONDS

Merdia Coledge EDMONDS1,2,3,4,5,6

14th Jun 19271,2,3,4,5,6 - 7th Nov 19712,3,5

Life History

14th Jun 1927

Born in South Carolina.1,2,3,4,5,6

7th Nov 1971

Died in Chesnee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.2,3,5

Infarction of myocardium, due to Artheriosclerosic heart disease; contributory Acute pacreatitis

9th Nov 1971

Buried in Springhill Memorial Gardens, Chesnee, Spartanburg County, South Caroilna.2,3,5

Notes

  • Odell Alonzo Edmonds 10 May 1919.  Was actually the son of Lizze Webb and her first husband who was an Edwards. Odell took the name Edmonds and his descendants are still Edmonds.
    Elijah married Lizzie Webb after the death of "Maggie" in 1922.  They had the following children.
    Harding - 23 May 1923
    Merdia ( son ) Coledge - 14 Jun 1927
    Lizzie Webb had two daughters from her first marriage,
    Pansy Edwards Johnson and Laura Edwards ( unsure if she married)
    --  Suzanne Kennedy, Geneanet Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 7 August 2015

    1930 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 16 April, District 42-18, page 9A, Midnight Rd, Hse #152, Fam #153
    Edmunds, Lidge Head M W 65 Married at age 21 NC NC NC Farmer [abt 1865]
    Edmunds, Elizabeth Wife F W 48 Married at age 18 NC NC NC [abt 1882]
    Edmunds, Laura E Dau F W 18 NC NC NC  [abt 1912]
    Edmunds, Pansy Dau F W 13 NC NC NC [b abt 1917]
    Edmunds, Odell Son M W 11 SC NC NC [b abt 1919]
    Edmunds, Hardin M W 6 SC NC NC [b abt 1904]
    Edmunds, Marti Son M W 2yrs9mos [abt Aug 1927] SC NC NC

    Lidge died in 1938.  In the 1940 census, in his widowed mother's home, the child that matches Merdia is reported under the name May and reproted as a daughter.  He was Marti, a likely nickname for Merdia.  His brother was likelwise reported in 1940 under the nickname Harty.

    1940 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 24 April, Cherokee Township, District 42-29 Page 12B, Chesnee Rt 1, Hse #190, Rents Farm
    Edmonds, Lizzie Head F W 51 Widow Grade 5 b South Carolina Same house in 1935 [b abt 1889]
    Edmonds, Harty [Harding] Son M W 16 Single Grade 6 b South Carolina same house in 1935 Farm Laborer [b abt 1914]
    Edmonds, May Dau [matches the son Marti/Merdia] F W 12 Grade 5 b South Carolina same house [b abt 1928]
    Edwards, Lila [Laura] Dau F W 29 Single Grade 5 b South Carolina same house Farm Laborer [b abt 1911]
    Edwards, Pansy Dau F W 24 Single Grade 4 South Carolina same house Farm Laborer [b abt 1916]
    - page 13A -
    Edwards, Odel Son M W 20 Single Grade 4 b South Carolina same house in 1935 Farm Laborer [b abt 1914]

    Edmonds, Merdia Coledge, Age 44
    Residence Rt 1, Wellford
    Son of the late Elijah and Elizie Edmonds
    Husband of Beulah Bowler Edmonds
    WWI veteran, retired state security officer
    Died Sunday [7 November 1971] at Veteran's Hospital, Oteen, North Carolina
    Services Tuesday [9 November 1971] at Rock Hill Baptist Church in Inman by the Revs S O George, Ed Brown and Herb Adams
    Burial in Springhill Memorial Gardens, Chesnee, by Forest Lawn Mortuary, Chesnee
    --  Spartanburg Herald-Journal, 8 November 1971 [Monday], p B5, Courtesy of Kelly Jane O

    Merdia Cooledge Edmonds
    Born 14 June 1927, Age 44
    Residence Rt 1, Wellford, Spartanburg, South Carolina
    Son of the late Elijah and Elizie Edmonds
    Wife Beulah Fowler
    251-34-2258
    Usual Occupatoi Constable
    Died 7 November 1971 at Veteran's Hospital, Oteen, Buncombe County, North Carolina
    Cause of Death Infarction of myocardium, due to Artheriosclerosic heart disease; contributory Acute pacreatitis
    Autopsy was held
    Burial 9 Nov 1971 in Springhill Memorial Gardens, Chesnee, by Forest Lawn Mortuary, Chesnee
    Certificate #37388 filed 9 Nov 1971

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    Merdia Coledge Edmonds
    Birth Jun 4, 1927 South Carolina, USA
    Death Nov 7, 1971 Oteen, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA

    Spartanburg Herald:
    EDMONDS, MERDIA COLEDGE
    44, Wellford, h/o Beulah Bowler Edmonds, 11-8-71 B5

    Father Elijah L. Edmonds (1865 - 1938)
    Mother Lizzie Webb Edmonds (1888 - 1949)

    Siblings:
    William Calvin Edmonds (1888 - 1972) Half-sibling [Dau of Nancy Magnolia Mitchell]
    Oscar Sheldon Edmonds (1891 - 1949) Half-sibling [Dau of Nancy Magnolia Mitchell]
    Tembert Stroud Edmonds (1892 - 1984) Half-sibling [Dau of Nancy Magnolia Mitchell]
    Thomas T Edmonds (1895 - 1984) Half-sibling [Dau of Nancy Magnolia Mitchell]
    Manervia Edmonds Tyler (1895 - 1969) Half-sibling [Dau of Nancy Magnolia Mitchell]
    Joe W. Edmonds (1898 - 1979) Half-sibling [Son of Nancy Magnolia Mitchell]
    Gurley Roosevelt Edmonds (1900 - 1994) Half-sibling [Son of Nancy Magnolia Mitchell]
    Willard Edmonds (1902 - 1987) Half-sibling [Son of Nancy Magnolia Mitchell]
    Hicks A. Edmonds (1905 - 1952) Half-sibling Half-sibling [Son of Nancy Magnolia Mitchell]
    Laura Edwards (1910 - 1978) Half-sibling [Dau of William Edwards]
    Pansy Edwards Johnson (1914 - 2009) Half-sibling [Dau of William Edwards]
    Odell Alonzo Edmonds (1919 - 1981) Half-sibling [Son of William Edwards]
    Harding A. Edmonds (1923 - 1986) [Full brother]

    Burial Springhill Memorial Gardens, Chesnee, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

    Created by Kelly Jane O Jan 16, 2012
    --  Find A Grave Memorial #83551635, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83551635
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