BIRTH 16 OCT 1921 • Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, USA
DEATH 15 NOV 1938 • Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Parents:
Charles Cleveland Edwards 1893–1976
Myrtle Edna Wilkinson 1901–1969
Birthday
Charline was born on October 16, 1921 in Arlington, Texas.
I guess they weren’t prepared for a name.
A great 2nd wedding anniversary gift for Charles and Myrtle.
Moved to Dallas, Texas
1922 Myrtle, Charles, and Charline moved to Dallas from Arlington.
I wonder if her instructor, Virginia Self, was related to Doctor Self of the Self Veterinary Clinic a few lots north on Oak Cliff Blvd.
Death
Her death certificate says it was from cirrhosis of the liver (non alcoholic). Disease onset says June 1938. Charline had exploratory surgery on October 13, 1938. Charline was buried Calvary Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum in Dallas.
Notes: Her obituary in Arlington Journal said that had been “after several months of illness.” In trying to find out how long Charline had been sick, we see her listed in the French club in her Sunset High School 1936 freshman yearbook, and it says she’d going to be a 1939 graduate. She isn’t listed in 1937, 1938 or 1939 yearbooks. So we don’t know if she left due to illness, or went to another school. She did not move.
It was said that when the family doctor saw Carol Edwards he said, “The last time I saw you, you were a very sick young lady” thinking Carol was Charline. It was also said that when the maid saw Carol she screamed and cried, because she thought she looked so much like Charline. Until then Al, her brother) had not noticed any resemblance of his wife Carol to Charlene.
Obituary: Friday November 18
Granddaughter Of E. F. Wilkinsons Dies In Dallas
From Friday November 18, 1938 Obituary in the Arlington Journal
Miss Charlene Edwards, 17, died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Edwards, 701* N. Oak Cliff Blvd., Dallas, Tuesday at 10:30 p.m. after several months of illness. Funeral services were held Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at the St. Cecilia‘s Catholic Church, with Father Robinson, officiating. The burial was in Dallas. Miss Edwards was born here in Arlington, moving to Dallas with her parents at the age of two. Her mother was formerly Miss Myrtle Wilkinson.
Survivors are her parents, and one brother, Alfred, all of Dallas; her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Wilkinson; two uncles, J. R. Wright, H. C. Wright, one aunt, Mrs. M. M. Johnson.
*NOTE: The address should have 702 North Oak Cliff Blvd.