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Joseph Jerome (Rome) Edwards, 45, of El Dorado, died Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at the John R. Williamson Hospice House.

He was born March 9, 1965, in El Dorado, and was the son of Elree and Allonia Jackson Edwards. He was a member of St. Paul A.M.E. Church. He served in the U.S. Army and was employed as a cashier at Miller’s Wag-A-Bag Grocery Store.

He was preceded in death by his mother and two brothers.

Survivors include his father, Elree Edwards of El Dorado; six brothers, Carl Lee Edwards, Eddie Charles Edwards, James Kenny Edwards and David Lee Edwards Sr., all of El Dorado, Timothy Edwards of Little Rock, and Elmer Lee Edwards of Silver Springs, Mo.; and five sisters, Linda Faye Carroll, Mary Ann Walker and Joyce Marie Edwards, all of El Dorado, Martha Ann Dyer of Minden, La., and Betty Delois Robson of Tampa, Fla.

Funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Paul A.M.E. Church with the Rev. Isiah Walker officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul Cemetery in El Dorado under the direction of Andrews Funeral Home.

Public viewing will be held from 1 until 5 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday at the funeral home.

The family will be at 1212 E. Monroe St., El Dorado. The family will meet with friends after the service in the fellowship hall of St. Paul A.M.E. Church.