Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Annie B., 1963 

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Tuesday Services For Miss Edwards 

  WINDSOR - Funeral services for Miss Annie Betty Edwards will be conducted 
Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Antioch Congregational Christian Church by the Rev. 
Hugh Lassiter, pastor, and the Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of Bethlehem 
Christian Church.  Burial will be in the church cemetery.  The body will be 
taken from the W.J.M. Holland Funeral Home, Franklin to the church at 1:30 
p.m. 

  Miss Edwards, 88, died Sunday in her home near Windsor after a long illness. 

  A native of Isle of Wight County, she was a daughter of John Robert and Mrs. 
Rebecca Horne Edwards.  She was a member of Antioch Congregational Christian 
Church. 

  Surviving are six nieces and four nephews. 

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County Native Passes Away in Windsor 

  Windsor - Miss Annie Betty Edwards, 88, died Sunday in her home near here 
after a long illness. 

  A native of Isle of Wight County, she was a daughter of John Robert and Mrs. 
Rebecca Horne Edwards.  She was a member of Antioch Congregational Christian 
Church. 

  Surviving are six nieces and four nephews. 

  A funeral service was held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Antioch Congregational 
Christian Church by the Rev. Hugh Lassiter and the Rev. R.E. Brittle.  Burial 
was in the church cemetery. 


Annie Betty EDWARDS, 
b. 29 Apr 1875, Isle of Wight Co., d. 29 Sep 1963, at home, near Windsor, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 1 Oct 1963, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 41, No. 234, Mon., Sep. 30, 1963, p. 2; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 44, No. 40, Thurs., Oct. 3, 1963, p. 4 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104797812, 
   which mistakenly gives her brother Charlie P. EDWARDS (1877 - 1959), 
   with whom she shares the stone, as her husband.  Neither ever married. 

Their parents are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 32068 (Windsor #65) 

Her brother Charlie's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Smithfield Times," 
   Feb. 1959) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/e363c12o.txt 

Their mother's obit ("Smithfield Times," Feb. 28, 1935, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/e363r12o.txt 


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