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DATE: Thursday, November 9, 1995             TAG: 9511090304
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EDNA W. EDWARDS

Edna W. Edwards, 81, of the 1000 block of Park Ave., died Nov. 7, 1995, in Norfolk.

Mrs. Edwards, the widow of Robert Daniel Edwards Sr., was a native of South Norfolk. She was a member of Chesapeake Avenue United Methodist Church.

Survivors include one daughter, Sarah F. Albertson of Chesapeake; two sons, Robert D. Edwards Jr. of Morehead City, N.C., Richard C. Edwards of Louisville, Ky.; one sister, Mary Emma Willing of Norfolk; three grandchildren, Justin Daniel Edwards of Morehead City, Deborah Anne Edwards and John Everett Edwards, both of Wilmington, N.C.; and three great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in Francis A. Gay Funeral Home, South Norfolk Chapel, by the Rev. John Andrews and Eldred Ray Stewart. Burial will be in Chesapeake Memorial Gardens. The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. today.

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