"Mirky"
Edward Nordrum
Edward
Nordrum was born in Harrison, Arkansas on
August 13, 1964.
He passed away at 3:47 p.m. at the Hospice
House in Mountain Home, Arkansas on Sept 9,
2006. All his family was around him as he
passed away.
He spent his boyhood playing in the woods
and fishing in the springs and rivers around
the Harrison area.
When he was five, his mom and step-dad moved
the family to Hugoton, Kansas. Ed went to
kindergarten and first grade in Hugoton. The
family then moved back to Hardy Arkansas,
where Ed attended Grace Baptist Church for a
few years. The Church had a strong influence
on him and he has a strong spiritual side
which is still evident to this day in the
poetry that he writes.
The family moved to Liberal Kansas where
they put down roots and his step-dad and
sister, niece and nephew and great nephew
still reside there. Ed was very attached to
his family and they loved him very much. One
sister lives in Harrison with her husband
and children. He has a brother who lives in
Wichita with his wife and family. His mother
lives in Harrison and visits her sister and
husband often in Mountain Home, Arkansas,
where Ed loved to fish in the nearby lake
when he visited. Ed was close to each and
every one of his family members. The family
is a very close knit family and they love
spending time with each other.
Ed was very charismatic and very humorous.
He could take the most mundane of situations
and when he put his comic spin on it; it
became very funny. He often had his family
and friends laughing hard at his comic
routines. He had done his comedy act in
clubs in the Liberal area, and has even had
his comedy act broadcasted on the radio.
Ed worked in the oil field for many years.
He was very popular with the drillers on the
rigs because of his reputation for being
such a hard worker. He even got his picture
in the Wichita Eagle, throwing the chain,
while he was working on a rig.
Ed had a leading roll as "Ripper" Ricky
Harris in the movie
Dusk Of The Living
Dead filmed locally in Southwest
Kansas by JFT Productions and Night Walker
Films. He will also appear in the beginning
of the Sequel,
Fields Of The Living
Dead, currently being filmed.
He was much loved and will be missed by all
of us. JFT Productions, Nightwalker Films,
the cast of "Dusk of the living dead and
Fields of the Living Dead will never forgot
our fallen hero, "Ripper" and that we'll
continue the mission that's ahead of us. Our
hearts and prayers go out to Mirky's friends
and loved ones.