Rosa Lee Edge

Funeral services for Rosa Lee Edge, 92, of Carthage, Texas will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, January 21, 2011 at Central Baptist Church with Rev. Steve Jackson and Rev. James Edge officiating. Burial will follow in the Old Center Cemetery under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Family visitation will be Thursday, January 20, 2011 from 6–8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Edge passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2011 in Carthage, Texas. Mrs. Rosa Lee Hancock Edge was born April 18, 1918 in Old Center Community of Panola County, Texas to the marriage of Robert Earl “Bob” and Stella Johnson Hancock. Rosa Lee graduated from Carthage High School with the class of 1935, later attending Stephen F. Austin State University. After obtaining her Bachelors, Mrs. Edge achieved her Masters of Education in 1956. While working towards her Masters, Rosa Lee taught grades one through five at Rural Flat Woods School, a one teacher school in Panola County. She married Eldon Rual Edge in December of 1939 and celebrated 58 years together until he preceded her in death in 1998. She continued to teach at different schools such as sixth grade at Leverett’s Chapel, fourth grade at Carthage, and eventually became principal of Libby Primary School from 1974-1979. Mrs. Edge was the Area Vice President of Texas Association for the Improvement of Reading, President of Carthage Classroom Teachers, President of the East Texas Area Council of Social Studies and the Vice-President of Texas Gamma Beta Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, International Honorary Sorority for Woman Educators. Among the many accomplishments, Rosa Lee also made time to teach the Adult Women’s Alathean Sunday School Class at Central Baptist church where she was a long time member. Mrs. Edge is preceded in death by her parents, husband and siblings, Emory Hancock and Bobbie Jean McDaniel. Mrs. Edge is survived by her children, Rodney Edge of Kyle, Ralph Edge and wife Glenda of Carthage, Gary Edge of High Point, North Carolina; brother, Charles Hancock and wife June of Tenaha; sister, Pauline Hansen of Whitesboro; grandchildren, Karan and John Haverstock and husband John of Dallas, Chad Edge of Carthage, Kirk and Donna Edge of new Braunsfels, Bobby Edge of Austin, Steve Edge and wife Mariana of Austin, Amanda Edge of New York, New York; Great grandchildren, Abigail Edge of Austin, Annie Edge of Austin, Krista and Chris Dickerson of Carthage, Ashleigh Edge of Carthage, Courtney Edge of Carthage, Michael Edge of Carthage, Dylan Edge of New New Braunsfels, Allison Edge of New Braunsfels; numerous nieces, nephews and a host of friends. Serving as pallbearers are Bill O’Neal, Gary Claxton, Chris Maurtizen, Raymond Scheifer, Steve Roberson and Ralph Marshall. Honorary pallbearers are Tim Harrigan, Ralph Todd, Bill Price, Drew Darnell and Sammy Moore. Family requests memorials be made to the Old Center Cemetery.

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Rosa Lee Edge

April 18, 1918 - January 18, 2011