Johnnie Ruth Edwards, 97, passed away peacefully at Oxford Health and Rehab in Oxford Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018. Born April 19, 1921, she was the daughter of Luther Henry and Franchion Tilghman Spence. She graduated from Derma High School in 1938, and was a member of Derma Baptist Church. In 1942, she married Hervy Carl “Doc” Edwards, and they were married 70 years before his passing in 2012. Her family will always remember the good times and laughter shared through the years. She would want her family to also remember the good life she lived through faith, hope and love, and know she is now in her Heavenly Home. Although her golden heart has stopped beating, and her loving hands are laid to rest, her memory will live on in the hearts and minds of all who knew her.
A funeral service honoring her life will be Thursday, Sept. 13 at 11 a.m. at Pryor Funeral Home. There will be a visitation Thursday from 9 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. A graveside service will follow at 2 p.m. Thursday at Enon Cemetery in Ackerman. Pastor Brad Burnett will be officiating.
She leaves behind a brother, Robert Paris Spence; sisters, Bettie Lou Bryant and Mary Jean Griffin, and grandchildren, Raife and Wendy Edwards.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Hervy “Doc” Edwards; son, Hervy Carl Edwards Jr.; sister, Luther Nell Byrd; and a brother, John Tilghman “J.T.” Spence.
Expressions of sympathy may be left for the family at pryorfuneralhome.com