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Noah M. Edwards & Families
Lucretia "Crissie" Deel
Loretta Ann Epling Hackney
Rhoda Ella Fuller Owens
Noah M. Edwards (1880 - 1931) was married three times. His first wife was Lucretia "Crissie" Deel (1884 - 1916). Noah and Crissie were married on March 22, 1900 and had eight children: Freddie, Trigg, Maude "Maudy", Darcy, Exie, Clara, Rodney and Zola. After Crissie's untimely death at the age of 32, Noah met and married a widow, Loretta Ann Epling Hackney (1879 - 1920) on March 13, 1919. They had one child, Opal. Loretta passed away when Opal was only eleven months old. Noah married Rhoda Ella Fuller Owens (1886 - 1954) on February 28, 1921 and they had three sons, Clayton, Garmon and Clifford.
Noah M. Edwards is the son of and third child of Brice Hamilton Edwards and Sarah "Sally" Hay. In an interview with his son, Trigg, in 1979, Trigg stated that his father had black hair, stood about 5 foot 6 inches and weighed about 145 pounds. His occupation was farming. He had 100 acres in Dickenson County, Virginia on Lick Creek. This property had been given to him by his parents, Brice Hamilton and Sallie Edwards. He supported his family by
"survival farming".
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