Johnny Edwards Sr.
Posted: November 10, 2016
COLUMBUS — Johnny B. Edwards Sr., 72, died Nov. 2, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis, Tennessee. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Shiloh Full Gospel MB Church with John Cox officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery. Visitation is from 3-6 p.m. Thursday at Carter’s Funeral Services of Columbus. Mr. Edwards was born Feb. 8, 1944, to the late Jimmy Lee Edwards and Lucille Edwards. He was a member of Shiloh Full Gospel MB Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Willie Tate. He is survived by his wife, Kirby Edwards of Columbus; children, Gayle Martin, Vita Edwards, Johnny B. Edwards Jr. and Keisha Edwards, all of Birmingham, Alabama; siblings, Freddie Edwards Sr. and Lucille Edwards, both of Caledonia; Geraldine Brown and Cynthia Buckley, both of Columbus, Charles Edwards of Birmingham and Carolyn Williams and Roger Edwards, both of Chicago, Illinois; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.