Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Linwood H., 1940 

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LINWOOD H. EDWARDS 

  Funeral services for Linwood H. Edwards, who was killed in an automobile 
accident on the Suffolk-Windsor highway, were conducted Monday afternoon, 
February 26th at 3:30 o'clock at Central Hill Baptist Church by the pastor, 
the Rev. George Kissinger.  The choir, accompanied by Mrs. Turpin Whitley, 
sang "God Will Take Care of You," and Mrs. M.I. Hall and Mrs. Homer Whitley 
sang "Life Is Like a Railway."  A pall of Easter lilies and red roses covered 
the casket. 

  Active pallbearers were M.F. Hale, Wilbur Bryant, Stanley Gwaltney, W.D. 
Joyner, Turpin Whitley, G.W. Ballard, Jesse Barnes and Horace Edwards. 
Members of Seward Bible Class were honorary pallbearers.  Burial was in the 
church cemetery. 


Linwood Hamlin EDWARDS, farmer, 
b. 13 Apr 1885, Isle of Wight Co., killed in crash 25 Feb 1940, Hwy. 460, 
interred in Central Hill Baptist Church Cemetery*, 26 Feb 1940, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 20, No. 49, Thurs., Mar. 7, 1940, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #56: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #105790455. 

His parents, George Lee & Evie (HALL) EDWARDS, and his in-laws, Horace Hamlin 
   & "Lizzie" Eliza Eley (WHITE) HALL, are also buried there. 

Linwood & his wife Frances Pearl (HALL) EDWARDS (1886 - 1967) were first 
   cousins.  Their common grandparents were Col. George F. & Mary Frances 
   (DARDEN) HALL.  They are buried in a DARDEN family cemetery, on Uzzell 
   Church Rd. {IWCHS GSSTF report #11}; Find a Grave calls it Darden Cemetery 
   #2 {Cemetery ID #2551337}. 

Pearl's parents, George Lee & Evie (HALL) EDWARDS, and his in-laws, Horace Hamlin 
   HALL & "Lizzie" Eliza Eley (WHITE HALL) EDWARDS, are also buried in Central 
   Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. 

Pearl's mother 2m. Eugene Edgar EDWARDS, Sr. (1845 - 1921), a Confederate 
   veteran.  He & his first wife are listed in the Central Hill report {#56}; 
   however, Find a Grave gives them in an Edwards Family Cemetery at Central 
   Hill {Cemetery ID # 2630536}. 

D.Cert. 4999 (Chuckatuck #63) 


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