Contributed by Darlene Anderson

Source: The Indianapolis Star, dated March 26, 1999

SPENCER, Ind. - Charles W. Edwards, 76, Spencer, a retired attorney and former state legislator, died March 25. Mr. Edwards owned Edwards Abstract and Title Service for 44 years, retiring earlier this year. He also had been an Owen County attorney for 30 years and was a certified mediator. A Republican, Mr. Edwards served in the Indiana House of Representatives from 1961 to 1965 and was House majority leader in 1963. He also was chairman of the Owen County Republican Party and was a delegate to state Republican conventions. He was past president of the Indiana State Bar Association, the Owen County Bar Association and the Tri-County Bar Association. Mr. Edwards had been president of Owen County Chamber of Commerce, Jaycees and Lions Club. He was a 50-year member of Spencer Masonic Lodge and a member of Owen County Preservation Society, Indiana Historical Society, Christian Legal Society, Phi Alpha Delta fraternity and Culver (Military Academy) Legion. He was named a Sagamore of the Wabash three times and a Kentucky Colonel. Mr. Edwards was an Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War and a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Memorial contributions may be made to the Owen County Community Foundation for the community swimming pool, in care of West & Parrish & Pedigo Funeral Home, which is handling arrangements. Services will be at 2 p.m. March 28 in Spencer United Methodist Church, of which he was a member, with calling there from 4 to 8 p.m. March 27 and from 1 p.m. March 28. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Survivors: wife Carolyn Keiser Edwards children Chriss Ross, Kathy Bruce Ric Edwards eight grandchildren.

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