Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, George W., 1962 

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George Edwards Rites Tomorrow 

  SMITHFIELD - Funeral services for George W. Edwards will be conducted 
tomorrow at 3:30 p m. in Woodland Methodist church.  Burial will be in the 
church cemetery.  The body will be taken from the Bullock Funeral Home to the 
church at 1:30 p.m. 

  Mr. Edwards, 71, died Sunday night in the Veteran's hospital, Kecoughtan, 
after a long illness. 

  A farmer, he was a lifelong resident of Isle of Wight County.  He was a 
member of Woodland Methodist church, a veteran of World War I, and member of 
George F. Dashiell Post 49, American Legion. 

  Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Cora Griggs Edwards; two daughters, Mrs. J. 
William Lawrence of Norfolk and Mrs. Doris Perry of South Norfolk; a son, 
Willie G. Edwards of Isle of Wight County; his stepmother, Mrs. Clara Edwards 
of Isle of Wight County; three sisters, Mrs. L.M. Parr of Hopewell, Mrs. 
Charlie Boothe of Carrsville and Mrs. George Murphy of Carrollton; three 
brothers, Sidney B. Edwards of Isle of Wight County, William J. Edwards of 
Smithfield and Ralph J. Edwards of Norfolk; and four grandchildren. 


George Washington EDWARDS, farmer, Army veteran of WW-I, 
b. 12 Mar 1891, Isle of Wight Co., d. 22 Apr 1962, Kecoughtan, 
interred in Woodland Methodist Church Cemetery*, near Rescue, 25 Apr 1962, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 40, No. 97, Tues., Apr. 24, 1962, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #24: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his grave marker - added by Dee G. - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #43450403.  It states that he was a horseshoer with 
   Supply Co. of the 128th Infantry. 

D.Cert. 9520 (Hampton #304) gives son of Richard & Colorado (DUNLOW) EDWARDS. 


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