Obituary of Charles Edwards

Charlie Edwards Native of Pasquotank County Charles Ray Edwards, age 57, of 1145 Salem Church Road, Elizabeth City, NC, died Tuesday, December 16, 2003, at the Albemarle Hospital. Mr. Edwards, a native of Pasquotank County, was the husband of Virginia Dunlo Edwards of the residence and the son of Nellie Mae Simpson Edwards of Elizabeth City, NC, and the late Irvin Woodrow Edwards, Sr. He was a US Army Veteran, a self-employed painter, and a Pentecostal Holiness. Besides his wife and mother, he is survived by two daughters, Sherry Kight of Camden, NC, and Marie Wetherington of Dover, NC; two step-sons, Ronald Earl Davenport of Palm Bay, FL, and Michael Hales of Carceno, LA; one sister, Sandy Edwards Meads of Elizabeth City, NC; four brothers, Marvin Woodrow Edwards of Fayetteville, NC, Rev. Roger Wayne Edwards of Gordonsville, VA, Irvin W. Edwards, Jr., of Kitty Hawk, NC, and Ricky Lee Edwards of Shiloh, NC; six grandchildren; and one great grandchild. He was predeceased by a son, Randy Lee Edwards. Funeral services will be Friday, December 19, 2003, at 11:00 AM at Twiford’s Memorial Chapel, 405 East Church Street, Elizabeth City, NC, with the Rev. M. L. Bloodsworth officiating. Burial with full military honors rendered by the William Clarence Jackson VFW Post # 6060 will follow in New Hollywood Cemetery Veteran’s Section. The family will receive friends Thursday from 7:00 to 8:30 PM and at other times at the residence of the sister, Mr. & Mrs. Brent Meads, 1015 John White Road, Elizabeth City, NC. Memorial donations may be made to the American Diabetics Association, 434 Fayetteville Street West, Raleigh, NC 27601. You may sign the online guest register at www.twifordfh.com.