Obituary of Rebecca Edwards

Rebecca Edwards Edwards Mrs. Edwards, 83, of Charlotte, NC died Sunday, February 28, 2010 at Southminster Retirement Community. She was born July 5, 1926 in Marshville, NC, daughter of the late Harry Lee Edwards and Daisy Helms Edwards. Mrs. Edwards graduated from Queens College and did post graduate studies at Wake Forest University. She was homemaker and a retired school teacher having taught English and American History. She loved her friends, golf and bridge. Mrs. Edwards was a former member of Myers Park Baptist Church and a current member of Sharon Presbyterian Church. She was married to Vernon Houston ?Lum? Edwards who passed away in 2004. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Haskell lee Edwards. Mrs. Edwards is survived by her daughter, Beth Vaughan and her husband, John; two grandchildren, Dan and Anna Vaughan, all of Charlotte; and two nephews, David and Jonathan Edwards. There will be a memorial service at 2:00 PM on Wednesday afternoon, March 3, 2010 at Sharon Presbyterian Church with the Reverend Dr. Robert Blumer and the Reverend Ron Nelson officiating. The family will receive friends following the service in the parlor at the church. Interment will be private in Forest Lawn East Cemetery. Memorials my be sent to Sharon Presbyterian Church 5201 Sharon Road, Charlotte, NC 28210 or to the American Heart Association, 222 South Church, Suite 303, Charlotte, NC 28202.