Frances Sue Edwards

Frances Sue Edwards, 92, of Crosby, Texas, passed away peacefully in her home on October 12, 2025, surrounded by loved ones. Sue was a bright light in the lives of all who knew her and will be deeply missed.

Born on April 21, 1933, to Philip Elkins and Claribel Miller-Elkins, young Frances Sue Elkins discovered how fulfilling community work could be. Sue could always be spotted around town, organizing local events such as the riding club, beauty pageants, parades, Little League baseball, fundraisers and any event involving the youth of Galena Park. This love for helping her community continued throughout her life and shone through in her work as a guidance counselor and other positions for GPISD, Sheldon ISD, and HCDE. She wrote and was awarded as the official history book of Galena Park by the state of Texas with a book titled "Galena Park: The Community That Shaped Its Own History" by Sue Elkins Edwards and Roger Leslie. Upon her retirement, she went to Texas Academic Decathlon and became the State director for many more years. She was awarded the Athena award by the Galena Park Chamber of Commerce.

A magna cum laude graduate of the University of Houston, where she was selected as their "Outstanding Business Student," Sue held master's degrees in both Business Education and Vocational Guidance & Counseling. She had an impressive and insatiable passion for learning. Not only did she spend much of her life as an educator beloved by her students, but Sue continued to pursue knowledge well into her later years, even taking a floral design class in her 80s just to learn something new.

Sue will be remembered as a woman with a big heart who was always ready to take on new experiences and try new things, and who never let her sense of adventure fade.

Sue was preceded in death by her father, Philip Duncan Elkins Jr.; her mother, Claribel (CB) Miller-Elkins; and her sister, Mary Louise (Mary Lou) Elkins-Treglia.

She is survived by her partner of 40 years, Joann Nichols; her son, Michael Douglas Edwards (Jamye Wheat-Edwards); her grandchildren, Julie Edwards-Williams (JW Williams) and Douglas Edwards (SJ Saunders); her great-grandchildren, Ava Armstrong, Stella Armstrong, Brittleigh Williams, Shayla Saunders, and Bella Edwards; her niece and nephews, Kim Gramann-Lantz (Hal Parker) and D.J. Gramann II (Dr. Michael Anderson); her K9 babies, Roxy and Riley; and many loving friends and a wide circle of extended family.

The family would like to extend their deepest gratitude to Omnix Healthcare and LaToya Bailey for their devoted love and care.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to your favorite charity.