SUE TURNER EDMONDS

SUE TURNER EDMONDS Sue Turner Edmonds passed away from this world on November 27, 2024 to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Sue was a loving wife, sister, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend to countless others. She was born on June 29, 1937 to Dick and Doris Turner in Nacogdoches, Texas. She grew up mainly in Nacogdoches with her sister, Annelle Barbin of Nacogdoches, Texas. She attended Nacogdoches Public Schools and graduated a member of the class of 1955, where she a cheerleader, class favorite multiple years, Miss NHS and a member of the Student Council. While attending Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches she met a tall, handsome, talented athlete named Tom Edmonds who soon would become the love of her life and husband on August 18, 1956. Tom graduated from SFA and he and Sue were stationed in Quantico, Virginia where he served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corp. While in Quantico they welcomed their first child, a daughter, Karan Sue Edmonds on September 7, 1957. After Tom's enlistment in the Marines ended, Tom and Sue moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma where their son, Richard Brook Edmonds was born on January 19, 1961. In 1963 the family moved to Ardmore, Oklahoma. There after finishing her undergraduate degree at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, Oklahoma, Sue became a third grade teacher for Ardmore Public Schools. For the next 32 years Sue was a wonderful and much loved teacher. During that time, she obtained her master's degree in Elementary Education. She and Tom attended First Baptist Church in Ardmore for 56 years. She moved to The Arbor Assisted Living in Nacogdoches, Texas in 2018. While living there she touched many, many lives; other residents, caregivers and staff, residents' family members and other visitors. She never failed to encourage, learn all about their families and tell them all about how proud she was of her family. But most importantly, she shared her Jesus and His perfect plan of Salvation to everyone she knew. Sue is survived by her daughter, Karan Adams Stewart and husband David of Nacogdoches, Texas; son, Brook Edmonds and wife, Lynette Stanley Edmonds of Ardmore, Oklahoma; granddaughters Amanda Adams Burson and husband Logan of Port Arthur, Texas and Laura Wiederhold husband Henry of Nacogdoches, Texas; grandsons Cort Edmonds of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Christian Edmonds and wife Laura of Chesapeake, Virginia; great granddaughters Olivia Gary of Port Arthur, Texas and Elle Edmonds of Chesapeake, Virginia; great grandsons Trey Wiederhold of Nacogdoches, Texas and Charlie Edmonds of Chesapeake, Virginia, She is preceded by her husband, Tom Edmonds, her parents, Dick and Doris Turner, and son in law Mike Adams. The family requests any memorial gifts to be made either to The Arbor Assisted Living, 3002 Westward Drive, Nacogdoches, Texas 75961, Harbor Hospice, Harbor Foundation, P.O. Box 21463, Beaumont, Texas 77720-1463 or First Baptist Church, 225 1st Ave. S.W., Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401. Services are scheduled for Sunday, December 8, 2024, 2:00 at First Baptist Church Ardmore, Oklahoma with Dr. Alton Fannin officiating. The family will host a visitation, Saturday, December 7 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. at Craddock Funeral Home, Ardmore, Oklahoma. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Sterling Eggleston, Devin Johnson, Charlie Wallen, Richard Wallen, Dr. Pat Wallace, Paul Caldwell, Rocky Northcutt, David Jones, David Smart, Emmitt Hudgins, Mike Carr, Garland Clay, James Duty, Lee Piatt, Phil McAnally, Ed Lee and Jack Murphy all of Ardmore, Oklahoma.