Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Charlie P., 1959 

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Funeral Friday For Charlie P. Edwards 

  WINDSOR - Funeral services for Charlie Putman Edwards will be conducted 
Friday at 3 p.m. at Antioch Christian Church by the Rev. G.C. Crutchfield, 
pastor and the Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of Bethlehem Christian Church. 
Burial will be in Antioch Christian Church cemetery. 

  The body will be taken from the W.J.M. Holland Funeral Home in Franklin 
Friday at 12 o'clock noon to the church to lie in state two hours prior to 
the funeral services. 

  Mr. Edwards, 81, well-known farmer of the Windsor Community, died early 
Wednesday at this home after a short illness. 

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C. P. Edwards, 81, Of Windsor, Va. Buried Feb. 13th 

  Charlie Putnam Edwards, 81, well-known farmer of the Windsor community died 
February 11th at his home after a brief illness.  He was the son of John 
Robert and Mrs. Rebecca Ann Horne Edwards of Isle of Wight County, and a 
member of the Antioch Christian Church and its Men's Bible Class. 

  Surviving him are one sister, Miss Anne Betty Edwards of Windsor, five 
nieces and five nephews. 

  The body was taken to the W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home in Franklin 
and on Friday at noon was taken to the Antioch Christian Church two hours 
prior to services. 

  Funeral services were conducted at Antioch Christian Church Friday at 3 P.M. 
by the Rev. G.C. Crutchfield, pastor, and the Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of 
Bethlehem Christian Church.  Burial was in the church cemetery. 


Charlie Putnam EDWARDS, farmer, 
b. 26 Dec 1890, Isle of Wight Co., d. 11 Feb 1959, at home, near Windsor, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 13 Feb 1959, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 36, Thurs., Feb. 12, 1959, p. 9; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 40, No. 8, Thurs., Feb. 19, 1959, p. 5 

*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 his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104797783, 
   which mistakenly gives his sister Annie Betty EDWARDS (1875 - 1963), 
   with whom he shares the stone, as his wife.  Neither ever married. 

Their parents, John Robert & Rebecca Anne (HORNE) EDWARDS, are also buried 
   there. 

D.Cert. 4756 (Windsor #1) 

His sister Annie's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," Sep. 30, 1963, & 
   "Smithfield Times," Oct. 3, 1963) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/e363a7ob.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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