Mrs. Eloner "Tooter" Edens
Mrs. Eloner Juanita Short Edens, age 62, resident of Horatio, Arkansas, passed from this life on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, in Texarkana, Texas.

"Tooter", as she was known to family and friends, was born the youngest of three children to the union of James Calvin Short, Sr. and Hellen Bernice Wilson Short on June 29, 1959, in Artesia, California. She was graduate of the Horatio High School and worked as USDA Food Inspector. She worked in the Tyson poultry plants for many years and had planned to retire in the next few years. Tooter enjoyed cooking and grilling, traveling when she could, and working, but most of all she cherished the time spent with children, her sons, and grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, J.C. and Bernice Short; her loving husband, Marlin Edens; granddaughter, Holly Edens; and her significant other, Owen McGough.

Tooter leaves to cherish her loving memory, two sons and daughters-in-law, Pleze and Candace Short of Coal Creek, Colorado, and Calvin and Lyndsay Edens of Mayflower, Arkansas; seven grandchildren, Kaylee Edens, Brodey Wiley, Brady Edens, Piper Edens, Dustin Bunch, Nikki Bullard, and Brandon Bunch; two great-grandchildren, Addy and Gavin Bullard; two brothers, James Short, Jr. and his wife Josie of Wilmington, Delaware, and Samuel Short of Horatio; as well as nieces, nephews, other relatives, and a host of friends.

Memorial Services for Mrs. Eloner "Tooter" Edens will be held at 3:00 P.M., Sunday, September 26, 2021, in the Chandler Funeral Home Chapel with Jeff Willis officiating. Inurnment will be held at Clear Creek Cemetery, at a later time. Cremation arrangements are entrusted to Chandler Funeral Home of De Queen. You may send an online sympathy message at www.chandlerfuneral.com.