Funeral service for Eddie Jo Edge will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at First United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at City Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Edge passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2019 at Sunny Springs Health and Rehab.
Eddie Jo was born on Dec. 23, 1929 in Breckenridge, Texas to Edith and Irwin Dindinger. She graduated from Pine Tree High School and Kilgore Jr. College as an X-ray technician. She married Daniel Edge on Sept. 5, 1951, and to this union was born her son, Samuel Rey Edge. Eddie Jo was the founding director and director of the Lake Country CASA for 10 years. She was awarded Woman of the Year in 1978 for her community contributions. She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi, Young at Heart, FUMC and a Sunday school teacher for children and adults. She was also a member of Good News Sunday school class and was in a casserole business with Janie Crump.
She is survived by her son, Sam; granddaughters, Emma Cooey and husband, Ryan, Morgan Edge; great grandchildren, Addison Cooey and Lincoln Williams.
Eddie Jo was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and infant great granddaughter, Jaylee Cooey.
Arrangements are under the direction of Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home.
The online register can be signed at www.murrayorwosky.com.