Pinson, TN: Edward Parker Garner, Jr., age 63, died Saturday afternoon at the emergency room of Jackson General Hospital.
He Garner was born in Jackson and reared near Pinson, the son of the late Edward Parker Garner, Sr. and Elsie Evagene ‘Gene’ Brown Garner. He graduated from South Side High School and attended U. T. Martin and served in the U. S. Army in communications. He was a journeyman electrician, having worked for Casey Electric, TVA, and Conalco in Jackson. He was a member of the I.B.E.W. electrical union and the First Baptist Church of Pinson.
He is survived by uncles; James P. Brown, Jr. of Finger and Robert L. Brown of Hernando, MS and aunts; Betty Stewart of Jackson, Mary Ruth Garrett of Jackson, Carrie Alice Smalley of Hickory Valley, and Nancy E. Taylor of Mifflin.