Marjorie Louise Edmonds

Marjorie Louise (Hardesty) Edmonds passed away Saturday, January 18, 2025, in Okmulgee, Oklahoma at eighty-seven years of age. She was born July 4, 1937, in Henryetta, Oklahoma to the late Robert Henry and Thelma Louise (Howell) Hardesty. She graduated from Morris High School with the class of 1956. Marjorie married Donnie Eugene Edmonds on January 23, 1957. They were lifelong residents of the Morris area. Marjorie worked at Southwestern Bell / AT&T for 35 years in both Okmulgee and Tulsa. She began as a switchboard operator and ended her career as a payphone coin collector. After retiring from AT&T in the early 1990s, she worked part time as a switchboard operator at OSUIT for several years. Marjorie enjoyed holidays and all family gatherings. She always brought her camera and insisted on taking pictures of everyone present. Marjorie’s grandchildren called her Grandmother and she found joy in making memories with them. She especially enjoyed trips to the pumpkin patch and carving jack-o-lanterns with them. She enjoyed sewing, embroidery, crocheting and piecing quilts. The cathedral quilt was her favorite pattern, and she made it several times. She made sure that all babies in the family received a crocheted afghan or baby quilt from her. Marjorie enjoyed canning garden vegetables and making pickles for her grandsons. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donnie and grandson Robert Edmonds. Survivors include her children Don Vernon Edmonds, Lisa Casselman, Debra (Debbie) Pearce (husband Jim), seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, brothers Robert Hardesty, Michael Hardesty, sisters Sue Mann and Kathleen Shellnutt, sister-in-law Phyllis Shoemake (husband Max), several nieces and nephews. Friends may visit the funeral home on Thursday from 12:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. A committal service will be held 2:00 P.M., Friday, January 24, 2025 at the Morris Cemetery Chapel with Reverend Gary McKeen officiating. Interment will be in the Morris Cemetery. Arrangements and cremation services have been entrusted to the McClendon-Winters Funeral Home of Okmulgee. Memories, condolences, photos and videos may be shared with the family on Marjorie‘s Tribute Page of our website. www.mcclendon-winters.com

Marjorie Louise Edmonds

July 4, 1937 - January 18, 2025