Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Ryland T., 1959 

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RYLAND THOMAS EDWARDS

RYLAND EDWARDS DIES FOLLOWING HUNT

   Ryland Thomas Edwards, 64, died of a heart attack Tuesday morning. He was 
stricken at the Bronco Club following a deer hunt and was pronounced dead upon 
arrival at Raiford Memorial Hospital. 

   He was a son of Jesse Thomas and Mrs. India Crumpler Edwards of Southampton 
County. He was a deacon of Sycamore Baptist Church. 

   He was a World War I veteran, a member of Forks of the River Ruritan Club, 
and supervisor of the wood yard of Union Bag Camp Paper Co. 

   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Josie Rebecca Vaughan Edwards of Franklin; 
three sons, Dr. Robert Thomas Edwards and Richard Vaughan Edwards, both of 
Franklin, and Winston Franklin Edwards of Lynchburg; four daughters, Mrs. E. 
Rawls Carter of Powersville, N.C., Mrs. William H. Riddick and Miss Lucille 
Edwards, both of Franklin, and Miss Lena Edwards of Lynchburg; six 
grandchildren; one brother, William Claude Edwards of Franklin; one sister 
Mrs. Theon A. Darden of Franklin, and two nieces and two nephews. 

   Funeral services were held at W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home here 
Wednesday, at 4 p.m. by Dr. J.R. Johnson, chaplain of Virginia Baptist 
Hospital, Lynchburg, and the Rev. Thomas Downing, pastor of Sycamore Baptist 
Church. Burial was in Sycamore Church cemetery. 

   Pallbearers were Pat Cotton, Willie Cotton, Vernard Cotton, Hunter Darden, 
Harry Skipper, C.B. Smart, Otto Harcum, George Steinback. 


[Ryland Thomas EDWARDS, d. 10 Nov 1959, age 64, 
 bd. Sycamore Church Cemetery, 11 Nov 1959, 
 donated obituary, newspaper unknown, 17 Nov 1959] 

[file transcribed by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
 and re-formatted by File Manager.]