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Leola Faye Mills Edwards

Birth
Death
7 Apr 2010 (aged 89)
Mocksville, Davie County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Prosperity, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Leola was the daughter of Pearlie and Beulah (Foley) Mills.

She was sister to:

1. Bonnie Marie Mills Cole
2. Virginia Pearl Mills Cole
3. James Estel Mills
4. David Lee Mills

Leola married Johnnie Odell Edwards and they lived in Cooleemee, North Carolina. Family records show no children of this marriage.

Leola was very instrumental in getting a headstone for her grandfather, Benjamin Mills, placed at his grave in the Keaton Mills Cemetery in Egeria, WVA.


OBITUARY:

Leola Faye Edwards

Leola Faye Edwards 89, of Mocksville, NC, passed away Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Born March 25, 1921, she is the daughter of Beulah Ann Foley Mills and the late Perlie Mills.
Leola enjoyed painting and songwriting. She was a 1938 graduate of Stoco High School in Lego, West Virginia.
Leola was of the Baptist faith.
In addition to her father, Leola is preceded in death by her husband Johnny Edwards; sister Virginia Mills-Cole and brother James E. Mills.
Those left to cherish her memory include her sister Bonnie Mills-Cole of Shady Spring; brother David Mills and wife Vivian of Blackshear, GA and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 12 noon Saturday, April 10, 2010 at Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Beckley with Elder Keith Mills officiating. Burial will follow at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Friends may gather with the family from 11 – 12 PM, Saturday at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.blueridgefuneralhome.com
Arrangements by Blue Ridge Funeral Home, 5251 Robert C. Byrd Dr. Beckley, WV
Leola was the daughter of Pearlie and Beulah (Foley) Mills.

She was sister to:

1. Bonnie Marie Mills Cole
2. Virginia Pearl Mills Cole
3. James Estel Mills
4. David Lee Mills

Leola married Johnnie Odell Edwards and they lived in Cooleemee, North Carolina. Family records show no children of this marriage.

Leola was very instrumental in getting a headstone for her grandfather, Benjamin Mills, placed at his grave in the Keaton Mills Cemetery in Egeria, WVA.


OBITUARY:

Leola Faye Edwards

Leola Faye Edwards 89, of Mocksville, NC, passed away Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Born March 25, 1921, she is the daughter of Beulah Ann Foley Mills and the late Perlie Mills.
Leola enjoyed painting and songwriting. She was a 1938 graduate of Stoco High School in Lego, West Virginia.
Leola was of the Baptist faith.
In addition to her father, Leola is preceded in death by her husband Johnny Edwards; sister Virginia Mills-Cole and brother James E. Mills.
Those left to cherish her memory include her sister Bonnie Mills-Cole of Shady Spring; brother David Mills and wife Vivian of Blackshear, GA and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 12 noon Saturday, April 10, 2010 at Blue Ridge Funeral Home, Beckley with Elder Keith Mills officiating. Burial will follow at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Friends may gather with the family from 11 – 12 PM, Saturday at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.blueridgefuneralhome.com
Arrangements by Blue Ridge Funeral Home, 5251 Robert C. Byrd Dr. Beckley, WV


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  • Created by: BeVera
  • Added: Apr 3, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127394933/leola_faye-edwards: accessed ), memorial page for Leola Faye Mills Edwards (25 Mar 1921–7 Apr 2010), Find a Grave Memorial ID 127394933, citing Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by BeVera (contributor 48191712).