
MONROE, La. — Eddie Edwards had a dream over the weekend that his son, Staff Sgt. Eddie Menyweather, would soon return home from duty in Iraq.
Menyweather, a soldier with the Army’s 4th Infantry Division, was killed Nov. 23 when a truck he was driving in a convoy was hit by a remote-controlled roadside bomb
“My dad woke up Sunday, got my brother’s picture, and just stared at it all morning,” Menyweather’s sister, Latonya Edwards, said. “He kept saying, “’He’s coming home, he’s coming.”’
The 14-year Army veteran was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. He was married with two children — a 12-year-old son and a 9-year-old daughter. His unit deployed to Iraq in...