Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, C. Tyler, 1954 

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TYLER EDWARDS

   Funeral services for Tyler Edwards, 76, prominent farmer of the Franklin 
area who died in Raiford Memorial Hospital yesterday, will be conducted 
tomorrow at 3 p.m. at the Holland Funeral Home in Franklin.

   Mr. Edwards suffered a stroke several weeks ago.

   The services will be conducted by the Rev. L.M. Kanipe, pastor of Sycamore 
Baptist Church and Dr. J.R. Johnson of Lynchburg.  Burial will be in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery.

   Mr. Edwards was the husband of Mrs. Junie Cobb Edwards, who preceded him 
in death March 14 of this year.  He was the son of the late Mills Riddick and 
Sue Bowden Edwards, of Southampton County.  He was a member of the Holly Camp 
No. 19, Woodmen of the World, and the Sycamore Baptist Church, near here, 
where he had served as deacon for the last 30 years.

   Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards Moody, of Franklin; two 
sons, Clyde Tyler Edwards and Mills Carlyle Edwards, both of Franklin; seven 
grandchildren and three great grandchildren; a brother, M.L. Edwards of 
Franklin; two sisters, Mrs. John M. Smith, of Fayetteville, N.C., and Mrs. 
G.C. Brothers of Whaleyville, and a number of nieces and nephews.


Clyde Tyler EDWARDS, farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 12 May 1954, Franklin, age 76, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 73A*), Franklin, 
   14 May 1954, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 13, 1954 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
    Poplar Spring list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 18, 1954), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/e363j7ob.txt 


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