Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Gardner Tyler Sr., 1961 

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GARDNER TYLER EDWARDS

   Gardner Tyler Edwards, Sr., 63, retired wholesale grocer, died in a 
Franklin hospital Saturday after long illness.

   He was a native of Southampton County, son of Walter W. and Mrs. Manetta 
Gardner Edwards.  He was a member and former deacon of Franklin Baptist Church 
and member of the Bruner Men’s Bible Class.

   He was a charter member and past president of Franklin Lions Club, a former 
town councilman and a member of P.D. Camp Hunt Club, of which he was secretary 
and treasurer 25 years.

   He was a member of Franklin Masonic Lodge and Khedive Temple of Norfolk.

   He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ethel Lanier Edwards; a son, Dr. Gardner 
T. Edwards, Jr., resident physician at Mayo Clinic, Minneapolis, Minn.; a 
daughter, Mrs. Jacquelin Cohen of Atlanta, Ga.; two brothers, Roy T. Edwards 
and Robert Edwards of Franklin; and two grandsons.

   A funeral service was conducted in Holland Funeral Home chapel Monday at 
2:30 p.m. by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins of Franklin Baptist Church.  Burial was 
in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Dr. Henry L. Gardner, Jr., Edward Gilliam, Carl 
Steinhardt, Joe Bynum Gay, Jr.,  George E. Pillow, Willie Weede, Eldridge 
Whitehead and Howard Evans.

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RITES CONDUCTED FOR G.T. EDWARDS

   A funeral service for Gardner Tyler Edwards, who died Saturday was 
conducted in W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home Monday by Rev. Ira D. 
Hudgins, pastor of Franklin Baptist Church.

   Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ethel Lanier Edwards; a son, Dr. 
Gardner T. Edwards, resident physician at the Mayo Clinic, Minneapolis, 
Minn., a daughter, Mrs. Jacqueline Cohen of Atlanta, Ga.; two brothers, 
Roy T. Edwards and Robert Edwards of Franklin and two grandchildren, 
George Leon Cohen, Jr. and Gardner Edwards Cohen of Atlanta, Ga.

   Pallbearers were Dr. Henry L. Gardner, Jr., J. Edward Gilliam, Carl 
G. Steinhart, J.B. Gay, Jr., George E. Pillow, Willie Weede, Eldridge 
Whitehurst and Howard Evans.


Gardner Tyler EDWARDS, Sr., retired wholesale grocer, former town councilman, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 11 Nov 1961, Franklin, age 63, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 35A*), Franklin, 
   13 Nov 1961, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 16, 1961, Section 2, p. 6;  
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 20, 1961, Section 1, p. 3 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
    Poplar Spring list:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

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