On Sunday October 29, 2017 our beloved V. Jean Edwards departed this life. She was the daughter to the Late George T, and Lacy Ann Williams, and one of the youngest of 8 children.
She attended Greene County Public School in Snow Hill , NC and graduated with a Master in Special Education from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University known as NC A&T.
She spent many years as a educator who was a caring teacher that showed more interest in her students that exceeded academics. She cared for her students as though they were her own.
She was the Vice President of Edwards Trucking Company, a business that she opened and operated with her husband. Business was successful, making them one of the most accomplished African-American Business owners in the area.
Jean spent a short time serving the Speaker of the House in Washington, DC. which she enjoyed tremendously during her time there.
She attended the Spirit of Peace Baptist church where she diligently served as a deaconess and was a faithful contributor to the ministry.
She enjoyed traveling, and being with close friends and family. She seized every moment and made it enjoyable for all that would come in contact with her. She left vigorous impressions to those that would meet her, and lasting relationships to all that would know her.
She leaves to cherish her memory a loving, caring and devoted husband of 54 years, Leon A. Edwards, and her two children Reginald Edwards(Sherry), and Tiena Edwards. Her two sisters, Dorothy Clark (Washington DC) , and Sabrina Hickman (Greenville, NC). One grandson Reginald Charles Edwards, one granddaughter Miesha Dockery and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. She was also very loving and nurturing to her God-children who she adored genuinely, Julia Chaney (Winston) and Malika Taylor Phillips.
A Life Celebration Memorial Service will be held 11am Saturday, November 11, 2017 at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, 2221 Emmett Dr. Alex. VA.
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2221 Emmett Dr. Alex. VA
11/11/2017
11:00am - 12:00pm
Our most heartfelt sympathy goes out to you!
May God bless you, to accept His will.
Mrs. Edwards and I worked together at Potomac High School. She will truly be missed. Remember the good times.
Hey Ty,
It’s Chi from your Deleon Family. So sorry to hear about your loss. After reading about your mothers life here on this page it sounds as though she has had a very fulfilling life full of love and joy. She was loved by so many and I am positive everyone is sad to see her go but now she is in a much better place and she will be watching over you, she will listen whenever you cry out to her. Condolences to you, your family, and your friends. Praying for you all
May beautiful memories of a life lived to its fullest linger and the shadow of pain be lessened each passing day.
Florence Atkinson Speight and family,
I am a friend and coworker of Mrs Edwards. I use to enjoy sitting in her classroom talking. I am sorry for your loss, but I know she is with God. May God bless you in the coming days and give you peace
I wish to express my sincere condolences to Leon & family.
Jean’s legacy will live on in the hearts of everyone she touched and nurtured ; along with the love and memories she created .
Death ends a life, not a relationship.
Lifting the Edwards family up in prayer. Jean will live on forever in our hearts. I will miss my friend but will always remember many life lessons she shared and fun times we had. With deepest sympathy and heartfelt condolences.
I pray for the family of Mrs. Edwards, Especially her daughter Tienna who is a special friend of mine. I know she’s now in a better place and heaven couldn’t wait for her. Remember all the good and happy times you had with her, shes now In a better place rejoicing in the Lord.
Tiena,
Sorry for your loss. My sympathy and deepest condolences to you and your family
Angel Adams-Brown
I am so deeply sorry for your loss. My prayers go out for your family. Mrs Edwards will be truly missed. I really enjoyed working with her at Potomac High School. May she rest peacefully in Heaven. God bless the family and give you peace in your time of sorrow.????????
I will look to the hills from which cometh my help.
I am extremely sad to hear about the demise of your mother. Please accept my deepest condolences to you and your family. may god give you all the strength you need.
Sorry for your loss. Praying that God gives you all the strength you need at a time like this. Tiena I want you to know I feel your pain words can never express. But if you need to talk I’m here. I love you all.
Uncle Leon, Reggie and Tiena. I am so sorry for your lost. May God provide you the strength to do what you have to do, the comfort in your heart that only he can provide in times like these and the joy of the great and lasting memories you guys shared over the years.
Love you all
Windi Swinson
Please kiss my Uncle for me.
To Leo, Reggie, and Tiena,- i am so sorry for news of Jean’s passing.I am sorry that I was not with her at the end. She was a faithful and very close friend from the moment of our meeting many years ago and continued through our years of working together and being close neighbors..I look forward to renewing our friendship when Jesus comes again and the dead in Christ shall rise first,then we who are still alive will rise to meet in the air,and so we will all be with the Lord forever..(1Thessalonians 4:13-18). May God comfort and encourage you and bless you as you celebrate Jean’s life of giving and loving.Peace and Love to you all.
Thelma Barnes
May her family be comforted by the many warm and loving memories shared with Jean. She was loved by all whose lives she touched.
Mrs. Edwards was a woman of great tenacity and always lived LIFE to the fullest and left a lasting impression on all she encountered. She possessed an inner drive that despite all odds, she never allowed pain to suffocate her purpose & passion. Though she will be tremendously missed, I celebrate her life and I thank God that her suffering is over. She now has her reward. She is a winner & a CHAMPION! Race well ran Mrs. Edwards. Praying for the Edwards family as you embrace this challenging, but chosen moment. Love you all to LIFE!
~Pastor Quentin Battle
My prayers go out to the Edwards family. May God bring you peace during this difficult time.
God Bless,
The Burr Family
I don’t have the vocabulary to accurately express the feeling I have behind the passing of Ms. Jean. I hope and pray that everyone finds comfort in the fact that she was full of life and always smiling. She will be tremendously missed but forever loved and remembered.
God bless you all during this solemn time.
May the promise found at Isaiah 25:8 bring some comfort in the death of Veloris Edwards. “He will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces.” Just imagine no more pain and grief due to the death of a love one! By mean of the Kingdom that Jesus Christ taught us to pray for God will remove sickness, old age and death from the human family. No human suffering of kind!