Honey Grove, Texas -- Patsy Ruth Edelhouser, 84, longtime resident of the Forest Hill community, passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at Franklin Nursing Home, Franklin, TX.

Graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 1, 2025 at Oakwood Cemetery in Honey Grove TX, under the direction of Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home. Bro. Gary Price of First Baptist Church of Honey Grove will officiate the service.

Patsy was born to Joseph Orial Preston and Ruth McFarland Preston in the Broadway Community, south of Paris TX. Patsy married her high school sweetheart, Donald Edelhouser, on June 28, 1958. They were blessed with 53 years together until he preceded her in death September 14, 2011. They made their loving home together with their 3 children in the Forest Hill Community.

There, as a homemaker, Patsy made lifelong friends and neighbors. She was of the Church of Christ faith and attended in Honey Grove and the Methodist Church of
Forest Hill.

Patsy is survived by son, Tony Edelhouser and wife Kathy, of Honey Grove, TX, daughter, Tammy Edelhouser of Franklin TX, daughter Amber Moore and husband Bear of Franklin, TX. Grandchildren, Cindy Hitchcock with husband William, of Caddo Mills, TX, Sarah Cloud with husband Billy Jr. of Durant, OK, Peyton Moore of College Station, TX, and Maddie Moore of Franklin, TX, great grandsons Branch Hitchcock and Reed Hitchcock.

Serving as pallbearers, Wesley Jackson, Ray Markle, Bear Moore, Peyton Moore, Billy Cloud Jr., Branch Hitchcock, William Hitchcock, and Reed Hitchcock.

Mrs. Edelhouser is preceded in death by her parents, a sister Wanda Preston, a granddaughter Lora Hallie Edelhouser and her beloved husband Donald Edelhouser.

The family request in lieu of flowers, to make a memorial gift to Oakwood Cemetery, Honey Grove TX.

Online condolences and registry can be made at www.coopersorrells.com