Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Madeline J. Sandlin, 2002 

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MADELINE JOSEPHINE SANDLIN EDWARDS

Madeline S. Edwards 

  Madeline Sandlin Edwards, 88, a resident of Tandem Healthcare, and formerly 
of 25385 Old Mill Rd., Windsor, died Thursday, April 11 in Obici Hospital. 

  The graveside service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Antioch 
Christian Church Cemetery by the Rev. Basil L. "Buzz" Ballard. 

  The family will receive friends in the fellowship hall of Windsor Christian 
Church immediately following the graveside service. 

  Harrell and Hill Funeral Home is serving the family. 

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Madeline S. Edwards

  WINDSOR - Madeline Sandlin Edwards, 88, formerly of 25385 Old Mill Road, and 
a present resident of Tandem Healthcare, died April 11, 2002, at Louise Obici 
Memorial Hospital. 

  A native of Augusta, Ga., she was raised in Franklin, Va.  She was the 
daughter of the late Joseph F. Sandlin and Rosa Davis Sandlin.  She was also 
predeceased by her husband, George Robert Edwards Sr.; a son, G.R. "Bobby" 
Edwards Jr.; a sister, Frances S. Eley; and a brother, Bob Sandlin.  She 
retired as a supervisor for Planters.  She was a member of Windsor 
Congregational Christian Church for more than 60 years, and the Young at Heart 
Club, Windsor. 

  She is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara E. and Wayne Duck of 
Ark, Va., and Ida E. and Doug Hollowell of Tyner, N.C.; son and daughter-in-
law, Freddy M. and Jean Edwards of Windsor ; daughter-in-law, Marjorie H. 
Edwards of Windsor ; 12 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; sisters, Dora 
S. Laney of Hampton and Louise S. Kinney of Lumberton, N.C.; and a brother, 
Joe E. Sandlin of Lumberton. 

  A graveside service will be held today at 2:30 p.m. at Antioch Christian 
Church Cemetery by the Rev. Basil L. "Buzz" Ballard.  The family will receive 
friends immediately following the graveside service in the fellowship hall of 
Windsor Christian Church.  Harrell & Hill Funeral Home is serving the family. 

  Memorial contributions may be made to the Windsor Christian Church Building 
Fund, 1 Windsor Blvd. W., Windsor, Va. 


Madeline Josephine (SANDLIN; Mrs. George Robert II) EDWARDS, 
   formerly of Windsor, 
b. 19 Nov 1913, Augusta, GA, d. 11 Apr 2002, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 13 Apr 2002, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 73, No. 89, Sat., Apr. 13, 2002, p. 2; 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Sat., Apr. 13, 2002, p. B6 

*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 her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104686397. 

Her husband's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Sep. 16, 1986, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/e363r13o.txt 

Her parents, Joseph Frederick & Rosa Mae (DAVIS) SANDLIN, are buried in 
   Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin - Sect. 2, Plot 93B. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 22, 1955, Sect. II, p. 6) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s534f1ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 29, 1962, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s534r1ob.txt 


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