EDWARDS, Mary Flowers, 86, of Capron, died Friday, February 8, 2008. She is survived by her husband, George B. Edwards; daughter, Celia E. Jarvis and husband, Larry, of Bland, Va.; grandchildren, Amanda Moorehead and Andrew Jarvis; and great-grandchildren, Connor, Duncan, and Arwen Moorehead; daughter, Linda E. Swanner and husband, Jimmy, of Shiloh, N.C.; grandson, Michael Swanner; a nephew, Dr. James Wayland Dunn of Charlotte Courthouse, Va.; a number of cousins; and special dear friends, Virginia Mae and Mac Simmons of Grizzard. The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday (tonight) at Owen Funeral Home, Jarratt, Va. The funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Monday, February 11, 2008 at Antioch Baptist Church, Yale, Va., with interment to follow in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to Antioch Baptist Church Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 11, Yale, Va. 23897 or to Joyner United Methodist Church, Capron, Va. 23829.
Published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on 2/10/2008.
EDWARDS, Mary Flowers, 86, of Capron, died Friday, February 8, 2008. She is survived by her husband, George B. Edwards; daughter, Celia E. Jarvis and husband, Larry, of Bland, Va.; grandchildren, Amanda Moorehead and Andrew Jarvis; and great-grandchildren, Connor, Duncan, and Arwen Moorehead; daughter, Linda E. Swanner and husband, Jimmy, of Shiloh, N.C.; grandson, Michael Swanner; a nephew, Dr. James Wayland Dunn of Charlotte Courthouse, Va.; a number of cousins; and special dear friends, Virginia Mae and Mac Simmons of Grizzard. The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday (tonight) at Owen Funeral Home, Jarratt, Va. The funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Monday, February 11, 2008 at Antioch Baptist Church, Yale, Va., with interment to follow in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to Antioch Baptist Church Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 11, Yale, Va. 23897 or to Joyner United Methodist Church, Capron, Va. 23829.
Published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on 2/10/2008.
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