- Date Of Birth: October 19, 1934
- Date Of Death: October 11, 2019
- State: Florida
Carlton (a.k.a. Carl and Sonny) F. Edwards, age 84, of Cocoa Beach passed away in Cocoa Beach, on October 11, 2019. Born 19 October 1934 in Anderson, Indiana and raised in Alexandria, Indiana. He was the second oldest of five children. He attended Thomilson Elementary School, Alexandria High School (the old one) and Tri-State College, Angola, Indiana. Served in the U.S. Army in Germany from June 1957 through June 1959.
and Destruct System. Under the watchful eye of Shorty Powers (NASA PR) he drank vodka martinis with Alan Sheppard post launch at Club Rendezvous and was present when Guss Grissum also processed through the base. From 1963 he was the
Communication Supervisor at missile tracking station islands of San Salvador, Grand Turk, Eleuthera and Ascension. Carl was the Communications Manager, Pretoria, ROSA, Communication Manager/ Senior Representative, Mahe,Seychelles (married Nicole Carrere, deceased) and Instrumentation Manager, Antigue, B.W.I. In 1977 he transferred to Cape Canaveral AFS and worked as Cape Communications Manager and Operations Control Engineer. On December 10, 1980 he married teacher Regina Foley, now deceased. On April 01, 2000, after 39 years, Carl retired concluding his career in the Space Communications Missile Launch and Tracking arena.
Carl Liked fishing, golf and hunting and was a Master Mason at Lodge 353, Merritt Island, Fl. and was a member of the Scottish Rite, 32 degree.
