Edna L. LeGrow

Edna L. LeGrow, 87, of Jacksonville passed on to meet the Lord, her husband and loved ones in Heaven on Thursday December 31, 2015. Edna was born February 17, 1928 in Tampa, Fla. to the late Edgar and Eva Lewis. She attended church at Little Rock Air Force Base Chapel. And was a member of the Protestant Women of the Chapel. She also was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Jacksonville. She was a member of the NCO Wives Club and the VFW Auxillary at Jacksonville Post 4548. Edna was raised in Tampa, Florida and graduated from Hillsborough High School. She met husband Silas LeGrow before World War II and married him after his return from the war. Edna shared a career with Silas as he served in the Air Force, raising sons, Robert, Howard, David, Michael and Kenneth. Stationed in Spokane, Washington, Tachikawa Air Force Base, Japan, Ernest Harmon Air Force Base, Newfoundland and finally Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville which became home. Edna was wonderful, always there for her family. She loved to make clothes and decorating cakes. She loved selling Avon and was a Presidents Club member also. Edna loved talking with her friends. She loved the Base Chapel and her friends there. She enjoyed seeing her grandchildren. Edna was preceded in passing by her husband, Silas LeGrow, her son, Michael LeGrow, her brothers, Frank, Randolph and George Lewis along with her loving sister, Ruth Davies and brother-in-law, Ed Schulteis. Edna leaves her loved ones, sister, Martha Schulteis of Kansas, son, Robert (Kay)LeGrow, Hernando, Miss., grandson Brett(Jennifer) LeGrow, Olive Branch, Miss. and their children great-granddaughter Brooke and great-grandson, Blake; son, David (Cathy) LeGrow, Sevierville, Tenn., grandson, Aaron LeGrow and partner Barbara Edwards, San Diego, Calif. and their newborn baby great-granddaughter, Odette. She leaves sons, Howard and Kenneth LeGrow of Jacksonville; brother-in-law, Dan Davies, Florida, sister-in-law, Stella Lewis, Florida and many, nieces, nephews and their children. She leaves many wonderful cherished friends. A memorial service will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 13, 2015 at First United Methodist Church in Jacksonville, 308 W. Main Street, Jacksonville, Arkansas 72076. Interment will follow at 1 p.m. at Arkansas State Veteran's Cemetery. Sign online guestbook at www.mooresjacksonvillefuneralhome.com.