On August 10, 2006 our beloved husband, father, father-in-law, PapPa and great-grandfather, Jerry Dee Edgar, passed from this life to eternal life with his Heavenly Father and Savior. He was 76. He was born September 9, 1929 at Hayward, Oklahoma to William Henry (Bill) & Etta Belle (Ohls) Edgar. He and Mary Lou Gowdy were married on August 12, 1952 in Elk City, Oklahoma. She preceded him in death on November 20, 1995. Jerry and Daphna Shipley were married on September 6, 1997 and they made their home in Perry, Oklahoma. He was in the oil and gas industry and owned and operated J.D. Edgar Pipe Inspection in Oklahoma City before retiring in 1992. He resided in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from 1973-1996. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, August 14, 2006 at the First Baptist Church in Perry. Rev. Buddy Hunt will officiate. Committal services will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, August 14, 2006 at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Oklahoma City. Services will be under the direction of Brown-Dugger Funeral Home of Perry. A family visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Sunday, August 13, 2006 at Brown-Dugger Funeral Home.Memorials may be made to Judith Karman Hospice in care of Brown-Dugger Funeral Home, 1010 N. 7th Street, Perry, OK 73077. Survivors are his wife, Daphna Edgar; one son, Michael Edgar and his wife, Paulette, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; one daughter, Pamela Northcutt, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; five grandchildren, Matt Edgar and his wife, Casie, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Angela Kreaps and her husband, Michael, of Edmond, Oklahoma, and Leslie Northcutt, Morgan Northcutt and Ashley Northcutt, all of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; two great-grandchildren, Caleb Kreaps and Katelyn Kreaps, both of Edmond, Oklahoma; one brother and two sisters. He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, Mary Lou Edgar; three brothers and three sisters. Condolences may be sent to the family using our online guest book at www.brown-dugger funeralhome.com.
Published in The Oklahoman on 8/13/2006.