Isle of Wight-Nansemond County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Dorothy Byrd, 2021 

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  Dorothy Byrd Edwards, 83, passed away November 6, 2021.  She was born in 
Farmville, NC, the daughter of the late Hurley Holland Byrd, Sr. and Jennie 
Duke Byrd.  She was predeceased by her siblings, Barbara B. Overton and 
Hurley H. Byrd, Jr.  Dorothy retired as an executive secretary for the 
Virginia Department of Transportation in Suffolk, VA.  She was a member of 
CrossPointe Church. 

  Dorothy is survived by her husband of 62 years, William "Sonny" Jonah 
Edwards, Jr.; son and daughter-in-law, William "Bill" J. Edwards, III and 
Mary Ann Edwards; grandchildren, Alex Christopher Edwards, Rhiannon Chloe 
Edwards, William J. Edwards IV; and numerous nieces and nephews. 

  A funeral service will be held Saturday, November 13, 2021 at 11 a.m. at 
CrossPointe Church with Rev. David Sexton officiating.  Burial will follow 
at Antioch Church Cemetery in Windsor, VA. 


Dorothy (BYRD; Mrs. William Jonah "Sonny" Jr.) EDWARDS, 
   retired VDoT executive secretary, 
b. 13 Jun 1938, Farmville, Chatham Co., NC, d. 6 Nov 2021, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 13 Nov 2021, 
donated obit 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 

A photo of Dorothy - added by LLM - & the text of this obit are posted 
   with Find a Grave Memorial #234002326.  No grave photo. 

Died after cemetery visited (4 Feb - 3 Mar 2004): 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Her parents are buried in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery, Nansemond Co. 
   Bethlehem list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/bethchr.txt 


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