WASHINGTON COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Levi Chandler Edwards, 11 Oct 2001
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LEVI CHANDLER EDWARDS

TELFORD – Levi Chandler Edwards, 77, died Thursday, October 11, 2001, in James 
Quillen VA Medical Center in Mountain Home. A native of the Relief community, 
he was the son of the late Joseph and Marietta Byrd Edwards. He was also
preceded in death by his first wife, Kathleen Morris Edwards; and infant 
daughter, Rachel Edwards; five brothers; and four sisters.  He was a WWII Navy 
veteran and a retired brick mason, contractor and electrician. He was a member 
of New Victory Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon.
Survivors include his wife, Bessie Reed Edwards; six sons, Eugene Edwards, 
Robert Edwards, Joseph Edwards and Charles Edwards, all of Telford, Gary 
Shanks of Morristown, and Larry Edwards of Limestone; four daughters, Judy 
Evaul of Spruce Pine, Janice Ayers of Jonesborough, Becky McKee of Limestone, 
and Nancy Smith of Johnson City; a sister, Elizabeth Greene of Telford;
nine grandchildren; one great grandchild; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Morris-Bakers 
Funeral Home. Revs. Terry Abel and Oakley McCoy officiated. Burial followed in 
Edwards Cemetery. The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. Saturday at the 
funeral home.