Class of 1949
1949 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Robert James Edgar was awarded the junior master farmer’s degree and plans to follow his vocation after his graduation.
He takes farming seriously at this early age. Robert is a member of the Future Farmers of America and says that his favorite subject in school was agriculture.
Robert was born in Perry Sept. 22, 1929, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Edgar, route 4, Perry. Other than his farm clubs, he is a member of the Catholic Study club.
Robert James Edgar
September 22, 1929 – March 7, 2013
Robert J. “Bob” Edgar, 83, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the son of Joseph James and Edith Florence Thompson Edgar. He was born September 22, 1929, in Lucien, Oklahoma, and died Thursday, March 7, 2013, at Green Valley Nursing Home in Perry, Oklahoma.
He was a graduate of Perry High School class of 1949. Robert served his country in the United States Army, Company I and after serving a tour in the Korean War he was discharged in 1951 with an honorable discharge.
He married his sweetheart, Betty Lee Jerome, on November 11, 1954, in at the First Presbyterian Church in Perry, Oklahoma. She preceded him in death on November 27, 2011. They were married fifty seven years.
Robert enjoyed fishing, gardening, dominoes, walking, and pitch club. But most of all he enjoyed spending time with his family and friends.
He retired from the Department of Transportation as an equipment operator. Robert was a member of the Elks Lodge and VFW.
Bob is survived by his daughter, Jacquetta Daniels Johnson and her husband, David of Cypress, Texas his son, James Jim Robert Edgar and his wife, Crystal of Perry, Oklahoma his brother, Tommy Edgar and his wife Karen of Kingfisher, Oklahoma four grandchildren, Christina Johnson Fulks and her husband, Russell of Hannover, Germany, David J. Johnson and his wife, Betty of Frisco, Texas, Leslie Hagelberg and her husband, Terry of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jason R. Edgar and his wife Amy of Winchester, West Virginia one stepgrandson, Clayton Shaw and his wife Ashley of Perry, Oklahoma, seven great grandchildren, one step great granddaughter.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Betty his parents, Joseph and Edith one brother, Vernon Edgar three sisters, Irene Lantz, Joan Rieman, and Margaret Edgar.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, March 11, 2013, at the Brown-Dugger Funeral Home Chapel in Perry, Oklahoma. Rev. Deborah Meinke will officiate. Interment will be in Lawnview Cemetery, rural Orlando, Oklahoma. Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Perry or the Company I Foundation.