Mrs. Annie B. Edwards, widow of the late F.M. Edwards, died at her home in No. 2 township Friday night at 7:15 o’clock, following an illness of more than a year. Death was due to cancer of the stomach.
Mrs. Edwards, who was almost 61 years of age, is survived by 10 children, six daughters and four sons. Her husband died about 12 years ago. The surviving children are I.L. Edwards and Mrs. Verdie Hickman, both of Rocky Mount; Mrs. Gertrude Ball of Mars Hill; Bernice Edwards of Rocky ham; Mrs. Mary Edwards, Mrs. Annie McPhatter, Mrs. Lula Pair, Mrs. Maggie Collines, and Messrs. John and Jamed Edwards, all of this county.
The funeral services were held at the home on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, conducted by Rev. R.G. Short, pastor of the West Concord Baptist church, of which church Mrs. Edwards was a consistent member.
From the front page of the Concord Times, Monday, Dec. 31, 1923
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