Eddie "Peabody" Caldwell, Jr.

Eddie "Peabody" Caldwell, Jr., 57, of Osceola died last Sunday at the Methodist Hospital in Memphis. Caldwell, a yard worker and member of New Salem Missionary Baptist Church was born March 14, 1947 at Wilson, Arkansas.

Caldwell is survived by his wife, Georgia Mae Caldwell of Sacramento, Ca.; three daughters, Annie Caldwell of St. Louis, Mo., Eyneece Gilmore of Bellville, Ill., Yvonne McLaurin of Osceola; five sons, Aaron Caldwell of Pine Bluff, Eddie Caldwell, III of Denver, Co., Everette Caldwell of North Carolina, Parnell Williamson of Washington, DC, Tony Caldwell of Jonesboro; six sisters, Charmaine Walker of Chicago, Ill., Gloria Jean of Champayne, Ill, Earlene Smith of Luxora, Ethel Downer of Detroit, Mich., Jerlene Chew of Blytheville and Shirley Huberins of Luxora; and four brothers, Brian Jones of Tacoma, Wa., Curtis Harvey of Johnson City, Kan., James Dority of San Antonio, Tex. and Robert Smith of St. Louis, Mo.

Caldwell is also survived by 16 grandchildren. Funeral services for Caldwell will be held Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at the New Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Osceola, with Rev. Robert Hampton officiating. Burial will follow at Luxora Cemetery, with Wilson Funeral Home of Osceola in charge of arrangements.