B. Brainard Edmonds Jr.

EDMONDS, B. Brainard Jr., 97, of Kilmarnock, died October 11, 2010 at Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury in Irvington. He was the husband of Audrey Smith Edmonds; and the widower of Martha Floyd Edmonds and Mae Sutton Edmonds. He was born in Kilmarnock on October 21, 1912, son of the late Dr. Bunyan B. Edmonds Sr. and Charlotte Claybrook Edmonds. In addition to his wife, surviving are his daughters, Charlotte Edmonds Shelburne and husband, Robert Shelburne, of Geneva, Switzerland, and Susan Edmonds Whitlow and husband, David Whitlow, of White Stone; grandchildren, Sarah Whitlow of Alexandria and Colin Whitlow and wife, Jessica Walker, of New York, N.Y.; stepchildren, Patricia Pheris of Elkton, Md., William R. Smith and George Smith of Richmond, and their families. Mr. Edmonds attended the University of Richmond and graduated from the College of William and Mary. He taught in Lancaster County Public Schools and worked locally for the Rappahannock Record, State Farm Insurance, American Standard Insurance Agency and Standard Products, Inc. He also served as mayor of Kilmarnock from 1970 to 1978. He was a lifelong member of Kilmarnock Baptist Church. Mr. Edmonds was a fan of traditional jazz and, as a sideline, owned and operated the Music Store in Kilmarnock. He played numerous instruments "for his own amazement" throughout his life and was a member of several amateur bands. The family will receive friends 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Currie Funeral Home, Kilmarnock. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Friday at Kilmarnock Baptist Church with interment at Morattico Baptist Church Cemetery, Kilmarnock. Memorials may be made to the Kilmarnock Museum, P.O. Box 2276, or Kilmarnock Baptist Church Educational Fund, P.O. Box 99, Kilmarnock, Va. 22482.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.