LOUISE WYATT COLLECTION
Edgar Lewis Wortham
Jun 21, 1898 – Jul 1,
1980
Dover
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Edgar Lewis Wortham, an 82 year old retired Indian Mound
farmer, died Tuesday at St. Mary's Hospital in East St. Louis, MO. Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Anglin
Memorial Chapel here with Maxie Milliken officiating.
Burial will follow in Smith Cemetery in Big Rock.
Mr. Wortham was born June 21, 1898 in
Stewart County, the son of the late Robert Wortham and Ada Atkins
Wortham. Survivors include his widow, Lyda
Manners;
one son, Clyde Wortham, Dover; four brothers, Columbus, Earl, Woodrow,
and
Douglas Wortham; six grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Kenny York, Ross
Bagwell, Dalton Bagwell, Gene Buchanan, Reed Wyatt and Troy Bagwell.
(Note:
Edgar Lewis
Wortham’s mother, Ada Atkins Wortham, was a gg granddaughter of Rev.
War
soldier Lewis Atkins.)