Michael Eugene Edge, Jr.

Michael Eugene Edge Jr., age 34, of Hazen, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2016. He was born December 5, 1981. Michael was a 2000 graduate of Hazen High School and recently graduated with an associate's degree from PCCUA. Michael was a kind hearted individual that carried with him a contagious laugh that could make anyone smile. He loved his family dearly; especially his niece, Olivia Kate. Michael leaves behind his loving father, Mike Edge, Sr.of Hazen; mother, Debbie Slemming of Ohio; brother, Jon (Amber) Edge of Hazen; niece, Olivia Kate Edge of Hazen; grandparents, Preston and Rosemary Edge of Hazen and Charles and Ann Robinson of Hot Springs; great-grandmother, May Bennett Williams of Carlisle; Aunt Karen (Allen) West, Aunt Rebecca (Greg) Shelman, both of Hazen; Uncle Rick (Chantal) Edge of Butlerville, Uncle Don Williams of Carlisle, Aunt Carolyn Schmidt of Little Rock, Aunt Linda Sullivan of Carlisle, Aunt Sandy (Rob) Curtis of Michigan and five loving cousins. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at Calvary Baptist Church in Hazen with Bro. Christian VanHouten officiating. Burial will follow at the Center Point Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 3 at Westbrook Funeral Home and from 9 a.m. Wednesday until services begin on Wednesday at the church. "That we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes part of us." (Helen Keller). Online obituary at www.westbrookfuneralhomehazen.com.