Edna L. BROCKWELL

EMPORIA - Edna Lockamon Brockwell, 89, of Emporia, daughter of James Theodore and Ellen Harrington Lockamon, widow of L. P. Brockwell Jr., died Saturday June 26, 2010.
She was a lifelong member of Main Street Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school for 10 years and was a den mother for the Boy Scouts during the 50's. She was a lifelong member of the Emporia Women's Club and an Honorary Lifetime member of the Roanoke Rapids Women's Bowling Association. Edna was most known for her work with the Greensville Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, having served on its Board for 26 years as a member, trustee and twice as president. She was past president of the Virginia Association of Hospital Auxiliaries; past board member of the MCV/VCU Hospital Hospitality House and a member of the Virginia Hospital Association Legislative Council. In 1983, after the death of L.P., her husband of over 40 years, Edna operated Brockwell Auto Service, the family business, becoming one of the first female principal dealers for Navistar in the US. She was also the first woman accepted into the Emporia Rotary Club.
She is survived by her two sons, R. W. (Dick) Brockwell Sr. and his wife, Brenda, and Chris P. Brockwell Sr. and his wife, Debra; six grandchildren, Richard (Dwayne), Heath, Kent, Stevi and Paul Brockwell, and Kristi Carter; four step-grandchildren, Stephanie Rawlings, Jenny and John Sykes and Blake Alexander; three great-grandchildren, Tripp, Alexandra and Paul Heath; five step great-grandchildren; and her beloved sisters and brother, Ruby Braswell, Ruth Williams, Joyce Collins, Omare Southerland and Ted Lockamon.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight, at the Main Street Baptist Church, 440 S. Main St., Emporia, where funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Interment to follow in Greensville Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Emporia Fire Department; Greensville Vol. Rescue Squad; or the Church's building fund. Williams Funeral Home, Lawrenceville, is handling arrangements. View and post condolences on our online guestbook at dailypress.com/guestbooks.