Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, J. Linwood, 1953 

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J. L. Edwards, 66, Buried Tuesday At Antioch Church 

  John Linwood Edwards, 66, retired farmer of the Windsor community, died 
late Saturday night in the Louise Obici Hospital, in Suffolk. 

  He was the son of John R. and Rebecca Horne Edwards, of Isle of Wight 
County, a member of the Antioch Christian Church. 

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Myra Harrison Edwards of Windsor; three 
sons, L.G. and R.J. Edwards of Norfolk; J.B. Edwards of Newport News; two 
daughters, Mrs. T.J. Wells and Mrs. Harold Kessler of Norfolk; four 
grandchildren; one brother, C.T. Edwards, of Windsor, and one sister, Miss 
Annie B. Edwards, of Windsor. 

  Funeral services were held at the Antioch Christian Church on Tuesday at 3 
P.M. with the Rev. Ellis Clark officiating.  Interment was in the church 
cemetery. 


John Linwood EDWARDS, retired farmer, 
b. 12 Jan 1888, Isle of Wight Co., d. 14 Feb 1953, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 17 Feb 1953, 
marked in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 35, No. 37, Thurs., Feb. 19, 1953, 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 

No Find a Grave Memorial for John or his widow. 

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

D.Cert. 5113 (Chuckatuck #58) 

Holly Lawn list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

His 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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