Beloved Carthage man dies in freak accident
MONDAY IN LOUISVILLE AT AGE 71.
>>> A WELL LOVED MEMBER OF THE
COMMUNITY WILL BE LAID TO REST
AFTER HE WAS KILLED SATURDAY IN
AN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT.
BRYAN MIMS SHOWS US HOW HIS
PASSION EARNED HIM NATIONAL
ATTENTION.
>> Reporter: IT IS AN OLD
TRACTOR AND INTERNATIONAL. HE
LOVED IT LIKE A LITTLE BOY WILL
LOVE A LITTLE RED WAGON.
KEN EDDER NEVER OUTGREW HIS
LOVE OF THESE THINGS.
>> THE OBSESSION BEGAN.
>> Reporter: HIS DAUGHTER SAID
HE KEPT GETTING THESE ANTIQUE
STEAM ENGINES. BACK IN 2002 HE
FOUNDED EDDERVILLE.
EVERY NOVEMBER EDDERVILLE
BECAME A KIND OF MECCA. 500
PEOPLE SHOWED UP FOR WHAT WOULD
BECOME A YEARLY SHOW.
>> EVERY YEAR SINCE THE IT HAS
JUST GOTTEN BIGGER.
>> Reporter: MANY CAME FROM
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE ENGINE THAT POWERED HIS
PASSION WAS THE BUSINESS HE
OWNED WITH HIS WIFE PATTY.
>> WE ARE GOING TO DO OUR BEST
TO MAKE HIM PROUD.
>> Reporter: LAST WEEKEND THERE
WAS AN ACCIDENT AND KEN EDDER
WAS WORKING WHEN CRITICAL
BOARDS FELL ON TOP OF HIM.
HE WAS 65 YEARS OLD.
>> WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP
THE BUSINESS GOING TO DO
EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO HONOR
HIS LEGACY.
>> Reporter: HE WILL ARRIVE AT
HIS FUNERAL BEHIND THE TRACTOR
HE LOVED.
BRYAN MIMS, WRAL NEWS ,