Margarettsville, NC– Howard Elliott Edwards, 84, formerly of Boykins, VA, died November 16, 2009 at Courtland Healthcare Center. He was a native of Northampton County, NC, a son of the late Douglas W. and Olie Elliott Edwards, and was predeceased by a son, Wayne Thomas Edwards and a sister, Doris Luter. Howard was an Army veteran of WW II and was wounded in the European Theater. He was retired from Aster Nut Company in Boykins, was a former Boykins Volunteer Fireman, and was a member of Roberts Chapel Baptist Church.
Survivors include his son, Donald E. Edwards and wife, Shelby, of Franklin; five grandchildren, Jennifer Ellen Edwards, Johnathan, Christopher, Brandon, and Matthew Edwards; five great-grandchildren; two sisters, Janie Spicer (Emmerson) of Russell, PA, Edna Woodard (Jerry) of Milwaukee, NC; two brothers, Walter Earl Edwards (Virginia) of Chesapeake, VA, Bobby Lee Edwards(Sybil Jean) of Conway, NC; and a special friend, Ella Jean Overby of Branchville, Va.
A graveside service, with military honors, will be conducted at 2 pm Wednesday at Pendleton, NC Cemetery with the Rev. Michael Baugham officiating. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 pm Tuesday at the Boykins Chapel of Wright Funeral Home and suggests memorials be made to the Boykins Volunteer Fire Department, P. O. Box 347, Boykins, Va. 23827.