Edith Edney

Edith Edney

Edith Edney Obituary

Published by Richmond Times-Dispatch on Aug. 14, 2008.
EDNEY, Edith, 91, of Newport News, passed away in her home on Tuesday, July 22, 2008. She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Benjamin Tazewell Edney; and her son, Lynn Newton Edney. She is survived by her daughter, Hilah Edney of Osaka, Japan and Chester, Va.; her grandchildren, Carrie Rott and Jennifer Burkhardt of Chester, Va., John Anderson of Woodford, Va., and Calvin Anderson of Yorktown, Va.; and her 12 great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, August 16, at First United Methodist Church, 10246 Warwick Blvd., Newport News, Va. 23601. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the U.M.W. or Methodist Youth Fellowship. Arrangements are by Weymouth Funeral Home.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

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Mrs. Weeks-Britt of Spotwood Commons

August 14, 2008

Dear family and friends:
I express my sincere condolences to you. Isaiah 25:8 "He will swallow up death forever. Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from every face."

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