
                         THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 22, 1994                    TAG: 9406220382 
SECTION: LOCAL                     PAGE: B2    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: NORFOLK 
DATELINE: 940622                                 LENGTH: Short

BESSIE C. EDWARDS

{LEAD} Bessie Collier Edwards, 85, died Tuesday, June 21, 1994, in a Norfolk health care center.

Mrs. Edwards was born in Weldon, Halifax County, N.C. She was the retired corporate statement teller and vault custodian for Sovran bank after many years of service. She was a member of Fairmont Park United Methodist Church. She was also a member of the Church Official Board and was superintendent of the Children's Division of the church for over 40 years.

{REST} Survivors include a niece, Betty Benn Walton of Cartersville; and two nephews, Rev. William deV. Renn of Gap Mill, W.Va. and Edwin E. Renn Jr. of Atlanta.

The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in Fairmont Park United Methodist Church by the Rev. Won H. Un. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. The family will be at Cox Funeral Home on Thursday night from 7 to 8 p.m. for visitation.

Memorial contributions may be made to her church.

{KEYWORDS} DEATH OBITUARY

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