Edith Lucille Archer

Edith Lucille Archer, 93, of Cambridge, died Friday (June 15, 2007) at the Cambridge Health & Rehabilitation Center. She was born on October 20, 1913 in Cambridge, daughter of the late Albert Gibson and Grace (McConkey) Gibson. Mrs. Archer had worked at the Cozy Corner and also the Fourth Street Diner. She enjoyed quilting and gardening. Mrs. Archer was a resident of Cambridge Health & Rehabilitation Center for several years, where she was known for saying "Take me down the hall!" She was a member of the Abundant Life Pentecostal Church of Cambridge. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Charles Ross Hanes, who died on September 8, 1973; her second husband, Robert Phillip Archer, who died on March 18, 1978; two sons, James Robert Hanes and Jerry Wayne Hanes; a daughter, Barbara Louise Lauer; a sister, Helen Korpeski; five brothers, Clyde, Glenn, Art, Walt and Albert Gibson; and a son-in-law, Frank Mohler. She leaves three sons, Charles Ross (& Shirley) Hanes Jr. of North Salem, Trent Lee (& Judi) Hanes of Byesville and Lanta Lee (& Liz) Archer of Cambridge; two daughters, Carol Lynn Mohler of Cambridge and Bobbie Jean (& Dale) Harding of Cambridge; a daughter-in-law, Lisa Hanes of Chillicothe; four sisters, Elizabeth (& Clyde) Baker of New Philadelphia, Ethel (& Joe) Mikeska of Texas, Patsy (& Carl) Smith of Newcomerstown and Dorothy (& Robert) Miller of Florida; fifteen grandchildren; twenty-two great-grandchildren; eleven great-great-grandchildren; and a great-great-great-grandchild. Family and friends may call on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Thorn-Black Funeral Home, Cambridge, where services will be held on Monday (June 18, 2007) at 11 a.m. with Pastor Jerry Blankenship officiating. Burial will be at Northwood Cemetery, Cambridge.