Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Arthur Jr December 9, 1960
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Deborah VanDeveer http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008482 March 20, 2025, 4:04 pm

 The Virginian-Pilot, Saturday, December 10, 1960

NORFOLK - Arthur Edwards Jr., 43, of 208 Filbert St. died Friday morning in his home
after a long illness.

He was a son of the late Arthur Edwards Sr. and Mrs. Rose Edwards and was born in
Norfolk.

He had worked 13 years at the Norfolk & Western Grain Elevator and was an Army
veteran of World War II. He was a member of St. Andrews Lodge 1, Bollingbrook, and
First Baptist Church of Bollingbrook, where he was a senior deacon and member of the
senior choir.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mary E. Edwards; one son, Arthur Edwards III of
Carrsville; two foster daughters, Miss Ruth Patricia Mayfield and Miss Martha
Jeannette Mayfield of Norfolk; five sisters, Mrs. Julia Gray, Mrs. Corrine McGlone,
Mrs. Rebecca Perry, Mrs. Hester Cranberry and Mrs. Verlise Thompson; two brothers,
Russell Edwards and Hugh Edwards, all of Norfolk.

The body was taken to Riddick Funeral Home.

Additional Comments:
NORFOLK - A funeral service for Arthur Edwards Jr., who died Friday, will be
conducted Sunday at 1:30 p.m. in First Baptist Church, Bollingbrook by the Rev. S.B.
Lewis, pastor. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery with full military honors.

The Virginian-Pilot, Tuesday, December 13, 1960

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/e/edwards18900gob.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/

File size: 1.8 Kb