Clarence Lamont Edge

Clarence Lamont Edge, of Campti, LA, passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at age 95. Mr. Edge will be buried in Fort Parker Cemetery on Monday, April 29, 2013, at 2:00 P.M., with graveside services conducted by Brother Richard Williams of the Church of Christ of Groesbeck. Clarence was born December 6, 1917, in Houston to Paul W. Edge and Nell Aden Edge, one of four brothers. With his father’s job on the railroad requiring many moves, he attended several different schools, and he graduated at age 16. He entered Texas A&M at 16, but he dropped out of A&M after two years to go to work in the shipbuilding industry in Houston. He was not drafted for World War II due to vision problems and because he also had a family by that time, and was working in the critical area of shipbuilding. Clarence had married Lois Maurine Edge on December 4, 1938 in Huntsville, TX. and they lived in Houston while he worked there. He had enough engineering training during his years at A&M that he was able to read blueprints; so although he was the youngest on the shipbuilding crew, he was their leader. After the war, Clarence ran his own bulldozer business, building tanks and clearing land in West Texas, as well as farming around Pecos. In the early sixties, the family moved to Phoenix, Arizona where he built a farm implement manufacturing business, San King Co. They manufactured various items of farm equipment and exported and sold in Mexico. He was able to sell the business and retire in the late sixties. Clarence and Lois travelled extensively in their motorhome after his retirement. On a trip through Campti, Louisiana, they were drawn to Black Lake as a place they would like to live the rest of their life. They had a cabin on the lake, where he loved cat-fishing. He was actively enjoying fishing until the last six months of his life. Clarence was an extremely intelligent man who lead a very interesting life. He is fondly remembered by his nephew, Paul Edge of Gatesville, as not only an uncle, but a dear friend. He is being interred beside his wife Lois at Fort Parker, as well as near Paul’s parents. Other local relatives are B. W. Thompson and his wife Sue of Farrar and Mexia. Clarence was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Lois in 2011; and his three brothers. He is survived by his four children, Sue and Larry Hughes of Mesa, AZ, Nancy and Gordan Reynolds of Mayer, AZ, Jerrie and Floyd Sheckler of Mishawaka, IN, and Thomas E. Edge of Campti, LA.; grandchildren, Shannon Hughes, Kyle Hughes, Adana Mileusnich, Maggie Reynolds, Lane Reynolds, Hollie Thirback, Michael Thirbach, Chad Edge, Jennifer Monkman, and Brandon Edge; and 21 great grandchildren; and nieces and nephew.