Southampton County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Luther, 1973 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ LUTHER EDWARDS NORFOLK - Luther Edwards, 85, of 2441 Alder St., died in a hospital Tuesday. He was the husband of the late Mrs. Estella V. Edwards and a son of Junious and Mrs. Virgie Darden Edwards. A native of Southampton County, he lived here most of his life. He is survived by two sons, Junious C. Edwards of Norfolk and Luther Edwards Jr. of Virginia Beach; three daughters, miss Addie V. Edwards and Mrs. Bettie T. Dailey of Chesapeake and Mrs. Margaret M. Wright of Norfolk; a brother, Mills D. Edwards of Norfolk; three sisters, Mrs. Nellie Forrest of Franklin, Mrs. Fannie Babb of Virginia Beach, and Mrs. Nora Lassiter of Conway, N.C.; 21 grandchildren; and 21 great grandchildren. A funeral service will be held in H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments Thursday at 1 p.m. by the Rev. J. Hoge Smith. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. [Luther EDWARDS, of Norfolk, d. 16 Jan 1973, age 85, interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, 18 Jan 1973, © The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk), obit dated Wednesday Jan. 17, 1973, p. A-4] [Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Keith Howell (m0aje@yahoo.com), and Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager.]