*** I am glad to transfer any memorials that are not my family lines. Glad to connect you to your family!

"Genealogy is not fatal, but it is a grave disease."

Genealogist since age 17, which means I have been at this for 48 years! My grandfather Willie W. Edwards assisted me with a school project and that was when I started searching and I never stopped. I have enjoyed the research throughout the years. I enjoy stopping at cemeteries and taking pictures, and discovering new information of family members.

My grandpa Edwards was the best storyteller of the family history and many of his leads were correct. In memory of my grandpa Edwards and the many trips we took to Hill Cemetery, Ayersville, Defiance County, Ohio, I continue this work for the Edwards family and related lines of ancestry. In memory of my grandparents, Willie W. Edwards and Iva Bell Hoover Edwards, Wayne, Ohio, I dedicate this work.

The picture shown as my profile picture is one of a great find. Since I was about 10 years old, I wanted to see Leona Hoover's grave site, my grandma Iva Bell Hoover Edwards' sister who died in Missouri at age 17. In summer of 2022, my husband and I were out on vacation and we stopped to find her grave. At age 62 (52 years later) I completed the work of this special mission. I returned her lock of hair and a piece of her shroud to be buried at her site. I have had her memory book all these years as my grandmother gave it to me.

Father's lines:

Bennett, Brumbaugh, Clark, Coble, Easterday, Edwards, Hoover, Houser, Mansfield, Martin, Metzger, Shaeffer, Sheets

Mother's lines:

Baker, Shull, Smith (Adopted name), Wrench

Husband's lines:

Cooke, Hite, Morton, Myers, Norton

I am a member of ancestry.com and have completed my DNA if you want to connect there. Happy hunting as you explore and research your family lines!