Caregiver and Bridge Builder, who leaves a legacy of serving the community as vice-mayor of Charlottesville, nurse, advocate for those in public housing and activist.
Daughter of the late Naval Research Laboratory physicist, Rudolph H. Kerr, and the late Bernice Kerr, who was an educator in the Washington D.C. school system.
Holly attended Calvin Coolidge Senior High School in Washington D.C. where she completed her high school education one year early. Holly attended Hampton Institute graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. She went on to continue her education with a Masters of Education-Counseling Psychology from Howard University. Holly then returned to Hampton University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science-Nursing. She moved to Charlottesville and began working for the University of Virginia Health System.
Holly was the wife of Kendrick Edwards. To this union they had two sets of twin girls. Her community outreach included working with many public housing sites in the area and she was stationed as a parish nurse at Westhaven through Jefferson Area Board for Aging (JABA). Her mantra was "to meet people where they are". Holly Edwards served on the Charlottesville City Council from 2008 to 2011 and was vice mayor the last two years wherein she orchestrated the Dialogue on Race. She also worked with Public Housing Association of Residents (PHAR), was a lifetime member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and member of the Board of Directors of the Jefferson School African-American Heritage Center. Holly's accolades include: the University of Virginia Outstanding Contribution Award in 1994, the 2005 University of Virginia Health System Community Service Award, the 2015 John E. Baker Community Education Award, the 2016 UVA Graduate Student Diversity Award for Excellence and most recently her name was added to the city's West Main Street bridge as a recipient of the Drewary J. Brown Community Bridge Builder Award.
She is survived by her husband of 24 years, Kendrick Edwards; her brother, Ronald Kerr; four daughters, Christen, Shelby, Bernice and Jean; a host of cousins, nieces, nephews and friends that are like family.
A funeral service celebrating her life was held at Mt. Zion First African Baptist Church, 105 Lankford Ave., with the Rev. Alvin Edwards officiating and Brenda Brown-Grooms delivering the eulogy. J. F. Bell Funeral Home, Charlottesville, VA.
Daughter of the late Naval Research Laboratory physicist, Rudolph H. Kerr, and the late Bernice Kerr, who was an educator in the Washington D.C. school system.
Holly attended Calvin Coolidge Senior High School in Washington D.C. where she completed her high school education one year early. Holly attended Hampton Institute graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. She went on to continue her education with a Masters of Education-Counseling Psychology from Howard University. Holly then returned to Hampton University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science-Nursing. She moved to Charlottesville and began working for the University of Virginia Health System.
Holly was the wife of Kendrick Edwards. To this union they had two sets of twin girls. Her community outreach included working with many public housing sites in the area and she was stationed as a parish nurse at Westhaven through Jefferson Area Board for Aging (JABA). Her mantra was "to meet people where they are". Holly Edwards served on the Charlottesville City Council from 2008 to 2011 and was vice mayor the last two years wherein she orchestrated the Dialogue on Race. She also worked with Public Housing Association of Residents (PHAR), was a lifetime member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and member of the Board of Directors of the Jefferson School African-American Heritage Center. Holly's accolades include: the University of Virginia Outstanding Contribution Award in 1994, the 2005 University of Virginia Health System Community Service Award, the 2015 John E. Baker Community Education Award, the 2016 UVA Graduate Student Diversity Award for Excellence and most recently her name was added to the city's West Main Street bridge as a recipient of the Drewary J. Brown Community Bridge Builder Award.
She is survived by her husband of 24 years, Kendrick Edwards; her brother, Ronald Kerr; four daughters, Christen, Shelby, Bernice and Jean; a host of cousins, nieces, nephews and friends that are like family.
A funeral service celebrating her life was held at Mt. Zion First African Baptist Church, 105 Lankford Ave., with the Rev. Alvin Edwards officiating and Brenda Brown-Grooms delivering the eulogy. J. F. Bell Funeral Home, Charlottesville, VA.
Caregiver and Bridge Builder, who leaves a legacy of serving the community as vice-mayor of Charlottesville, nurse, advocate for those in public housing and activist.
Daughter of the late Naval Research Laboratory physicist, Rudolph H. Kerr, and the late Bernice Kerr, who was an educator in the Washington D.C. school system.
Holly attended Calvin Coolidge Senior High School in Washington D.C. where she completed her high school education one year early. Holly attended Hampton Institute graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. She went on to continue her education with a Masters of Education-Counseling Psychology from Howard University. Holly then returned to Hampton University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science-Nursing. She moved to Charlottesville and began working for the University of Virginia Health System.
Holly was the wife of Kendrick Edwards. To this union they had two sets of twin girls. Her community outreach included working with many public housing sites in the area and she was stationed as a parish nurse at Westhaven through Jefferson Area Board for Aging (JABA). Her mantra was "to meet people where they are". Holly Edwards served on the Charlottesville City Council from 2008 to 2011 and was vice mayor the last two years wherein she orchestrated the Dialogue on Race. She also worked with Public Housing Association of Residents (PHAR), was a lifetime member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and member of the Board of Directors of the Jefferson School African-American Heritage Center. Holly's accolades include: the University of Virginia Outstanding Contribution Award in 1994, the 2005 University of Virginia Health System Community Service Award, the 2015 John E. Baker Community Education Award, the 2016 UVA Graduate Student Diversity Award for Excellence and most recently her name was added to the city's West Main Street bridge as a recipient of the Drewary J. Brown Community Bridge Builder Award.
She is survived by her husband of 24 years, Kendrick Edwards; her brother, Ronald Kerr; four daughters, Christen, Shelby, Bernice and Jean; a host of cousins, nieces, nephews and friends that are like family.
A funeral service celebrating her life was held at Mt. Zion First African Baptist Church, 105 Lankford Ave., with the Rev. Alvin Edwards officiating and Brenda Brown-Grooms delivering the eulogy. J. F. Bell Funeral Home, Charlottesville, VA.
Daughter of the late Naval Research Laboratory physicist, Rudolph H. Kerr, and the late Bernice Kerr, who was an educator in the Washington D.C. school system.
Holly attended Calvin Coolidge Senior High School in Washington D.C. where she completed her high school education one year early. Holly attended Hampton Institute graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. She went on to continue her education with a Masters of Education-Counseling Psychology from Howard University. Holly then returned to Hampton University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science-Nursing. She moved to Charlottesville and began working for the University of Virginia Health System.
Holly was the wife of Kendrick Edwards. To this union they had two sets of twin girls. Her community outreach included working with many public housing sites in the area and she was stationed as a parish nurse at Westhaven through Jefferson Area Board for Aging (JABA). Her mantra was "to meet people where they are". Holly Edwards served on the Charlottesville City Council from 2008 to 2011 and was vice mayor the last two years wherein she orchestrated the Dialogue on Race. She also worked with Public Housing Association of Residents (PHAR), was a lifetime member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and member of the Board of Directors of the Jefferson School African-American Heritage Center. Holly's accolades include: the University of Virginia Outstanding Contribution Award in 1994, the 2005 University of Virginia Health System Community Service Award, the 2015 John E. Baker Community Education Award, the 2016 UVA Graduate Student Diversity Award for Excellence and most recently her name was added to the city's West Main Street bridge as a recipient of the Drewary J. Brown Community Bridge Builder Award.
She is survived by her husband of 24 years, Kendrick Edwards; her brother, Ronald Kerr; four daughters, Christen, Shelby, Bernice and Jean; a host of cousins, nieces, nephews and friends that are like family.
A funeral service celebrating her life was held at Mt. Zion First African Baptist Church, 105 Lankford Ave., with the Rev. Alvin Edwards officiating and Brenda Brown-Grooms delivering the eulogy. J. F. Bell Funeral Home, Charlottesville, VA.
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