Ryland Thomas Edwards

  General Notes:

The WWI Draft rgeistration for Ryland Thomas Edwards records his date of birth as Oct 27, 1895.

The WWII Draft rgeistration for Ryland Thomas Edwards records his date of birth as Oct 27, 1895.


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.]

Ryland married Living