Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, N. Bettie Jones, 1946 

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NOVELLA BETTIE JONES EDWARDS 

Mrs. J.H. Edwards Buried Thursday At Bethany Ch. 

  Mrs. Bettie Jones Edwards died Wednesday, November 20th, at 10:30 in Leigh 
Hospital in Norfolk after a brief illness. 

  Survived are her husband John H. Edwards; two daughters, Miss Nellie Young 
Edwards and Mrs. Z.F. Oshman, Norfolk; one step son, William Compton Edwards, 
of Smithfield; four sisters - Mrs. George Piland; Mrs. Eddie Jones, Mrs. Henry 
Berryman, all of Smithfield; and Mrs. T.W. Barlow of Newport News; two 
brothers, Morris Jones and Jesse Jones of Smithfield; two grandchildren - 
William Barton Oshman of Norfolk and John Thomas Edwards of Smithfield.

  The funeral procession left the Jones Funeral Home at 1:30 P.M. Thursday 
November 21st and services were held at 2 P.M. in the Bethany Methodist 
Church, Isle of Wight County with the Rev. Otis Gilliam, pastor, officiating. 
Interment was in the church cemetery.

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A Tribute To Mrs. J.H. Edwards 

  Bethany Methodist Church has sustained a great loss with the passing of one 
of its most faithful members, Mrs. J.H. Edwards.  Her many friends in the 
church and Woman's Society of Christian Service will remember her as a true 
and faithful follower of Christ in daily living as well as in the various 
activities of the church and its affiliated organizations. 

  Her Christian work will be missed more in the C.W.C.S. than in other phases 
of church work since she was President of the organization for several years 
during which time she proved to be an active leader with no limit on time and 
effort to make the Society a spiritual success.  Her home was ever open to any 
and all meetings of the various church organizations. 

  Loved by all who knew her and to all a friend, she can only be remembered as 
one whose life wasso lived as to fit her mind and heart for a place in the 
Eternal Mansions created by One whose power and understanding is so far 
superior to that of man.  We quote from Tennyson's "King Arthur", 
  "The Old Order Changeth, Yielding Place to New. 
   God works in Mysterious Ways, His Wonders to Perform". 

  - By Marvin R. Thomas, Church School Superintendent. 


Novella Bettie (JONES; Mrs. John H.) EDWARDS, 
b. 3 Feb 1887, Isle of Wight Co., d. 20 Nov 1946, Norfolk, 
interred in Bethany Methodist Church Cemetery*, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 29, No. 27, Nov. 27, 1946, p. 1, col. 4; 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 29, No. 28, Dec. 4, 1946, p. 1, col. 3 

*Additional information: 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #32: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. #23345 (Norfolk #1969), which gives 
   dt/o Bervin L. Jones & Annie Emily Whitehead, all b. Isle of Wight; 
   the informant was [daughter] Annie Mae Oshman, of Smithfield. 


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