Johnathan C. Edison, 38, of El Dorado, died Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at his home.  Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado.  Cremation has preceded the services.

He was born Aug. 4, 1969 to Walter Armstead Watkins and Debra Denise Edison in Parsons. Johnathan grew up in Wichita and graduated from North West High School. He received his bachelor’s degree from Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina and was pursing his master’s degree. He was a College basketball coach and had been active in coaching of all sports and mentoring in the communities where he lived. He moved to El Dorado a year ago. He had lived in Lawrence before moving to El Dorado and had also lived in Salina for a number of years. He loved spending time with children, playing and coaching basketball and enjoyed fishing. 

Those he leaves are his children, Barkley and Lexie Edison of Salina and Soledad, Wesley and Christopher Eisley, all of El Dorado; his mother, Debra Denise Edison of Lawrence; a brother, Jamie Edison of Minnesota; two sisters, Ashley of North Carolina and Janae of California; and his extended family sisters Angela Germony and Sonya Reed and brothers Shaun McCarthy, Derik McCarthy and Andre Jackson, all of Wichita. 

He was preceded in death by his father Walter Armstead Watkins and his adopted mom Fern L. McCarthy.

Memorials in his memory may be made to Carlson Funeral Home to assist in final expenses.

Friends may send condolences for the family to www.carlsoncolonial.com.