William Edwards

William "Bill" T. Edwards, a long-time Lab employee who worked for 33 years at the Nevada Test Site, died Oct. 14. He was 83.

Born July 4, 1925, Edwards was born on a farm in Graves County, Ky. He was a World War II veteran and a prisoner of war while serving in the U.S. Army. He helped establish the First Southern Baptist Church of Las Vegas.

Edwards lived in Las Vegas for 51 years with his wife, Lynda Sue Edwards, and his two children, son, Terry Edwards and daughter, Susan Hart.