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HOWARD W. EDWARDS
MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable memorial commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Howard W. Edwards of Tingley, Iowa, begs leave to submit the following report:
Howard W. Edwards was born October 25, 1869, on a farm near Greenfield, Illinois, the son of Lorenzo and Tabitha Edwards. After graduating from Greenfield High School, he attended Illinois Wesleyan University. He was engaged in a furniture and undertaking business and farmed in Greenfield, Illinois, until 1902. At that time he came to Iowa, locating in Tingley, and opened a furniture and undertaking business. He remained in this business until his death on September 4, 1947. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mayme Benson Edwards.
Senator Edwards was postmaster at Tingley for thirty-two years. He was elected as Republican Senator from the fifth district in 1936 and served until 1940 in the Forty-sixth, Forty-sixth Extra, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth sessions of the General Assembly.
Senator Edwards was a member of the Methodist Church and was active in all church and community activities. He served as mayor of Tingley and was secretary of the Board of Education for many years.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Fifty-third General Assembly: That in the passing of the Honorable Howard W. Edwards, the state has lost a valuable and honored citizen–a man who devoted many years of his life to public service.
Be It Further Resolved: That a copy of this memorial resolution be printed in the Journal of the Senate and that the Secretary be directed to send an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.
X. T. PRENTIS,
PEARL W. MCMURRY,
ERNEST L. HUMBERT,
Committee.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.