The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, February 5, 1997           TAG: 9702050405
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   20 lines

RUTH H. EDWARDS

Ruth Hale Edwards of the 5600 block of Tidewater Drive died Feb. 3, 1997, in a Virginia Beach hospital.

Born in Middlesex County, Va., she was the widow of Earl Edwards and a member of Spurgeon Memorial Baptist Church. She was a homemaker.

Survivors include a daughter, Donna E. Garris of Virginia Beach, and a grandchild, Gregory G. Garris Jr.

A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in Spurgeon Memorial Baptist Church by Dr. Paul Lawson. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today in Smith and Williams Funeral Home, Norfolk Chapel. Donations may be made to the American Heart Association.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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