Beverly Jo (Milliron) Edgar

December 10, 1938 – May 31, 1965

Mrs. Beverly Jo Edgar, 26, a 1958 graduate of Perry high school, died at 11:50 a.m. Monday in the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation hospital in Oklahoma City, where she had bean a patient since April 12. She had been ill eight months.

Services will be at 1 a.m. Thursday in the First Christian church of Perry, with Rev. Joe Samuels, minister, officiating. Burial will be in Grace Hill cemetery, Perry, under direction of Parker funeral home.

The family has requested that in lieu of other remembrances, contributions be made to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. Donations will be accepted by The Perry Daily Journal for the fund.

Mrs. Edgar was born Dec. 10, l938, in Perry, and was married here Jan. 23, 1960, to Jimmy Edgar, who survives. The couple lived at 2520 SW 50 in Oklahoma City.

While a student at Perry high school, she was elected wrestling queen in 1956-57. She served as a lifeguard at Perry Municipal swimming pool from 1954 to 1958 and was a Red Cross swimming instructor.

After graduation from PHS, she attended business school in Oklahoma City and had been employed as a posting operator at Capitol Hill General hospital. She also was employed as a swimming instructor at Capitol Hill junior high school. She was a member of the Capitol Hill Christian church.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, Larry Lynn, and daughter, Cathy Deneise, both of the home; her parents Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Milliron, Perry; a sister, Mrs. Karen Wilcox, Edmond; and a brother, Ricky Milliron, Perry. Her husband’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Edgar.