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- ERWIN – Helen "Faye" Edwards, age 75, 112 Edwards Road, Flag Pond, died Thursday, November 5, 2009, at the Unicoi County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Unit following a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Edwards was a lifelong Unicoi County resident and a daughter of the late Herman and Bethel Shelton Sparks.
She was retired from Morrill Electric following thirty-eight years of service.
Mrs. Edwards was a fifty year member of Jennie Moore Memorial Presbyterian Church.
She was a Past Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star, Flag Pond Chapter #173.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Edwards was preceded in death by her husband of forty-three years, Raymond Edwards, in 1994; a grandson, Raymond Wayne Edwards, in 1999; one brother, Dallas Sparks; and two sisters, Inas Higgins and Geneva English.
She is survived by one son, Darrell Edwards and wife, Michelle, Flag Pond; two daughters, Beverly Silvers and husband Stanley, Flag Pond, Sandra Tipton and husband, Gary, Erwin; three brothers, Clarence Sparks and wife, Mary, Edward Sparks and wife, Brenda, all of Flag Pond, and Donald Sparks and wife, Margie, Jonesborough; seven grandchildren, Amanda Benton, Myra Tipton, Matthew Wilson, Sarah Miller, Megan Briggs, Caleb Broyles and Jess Edwards; eight great-grandchildren, Ezekiel, Chevelle and Dora Benton, Chandra Edwards, Micah and Gabriel Miller, Emma Briggs and Raymond Andrew Edwards; several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be conducted Monday, November 9, 2009, at 2:00 P.M. from Jennie Moore Memorial Presbyterian Church with Dr. Elmon Brown officiating. The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to services.
Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. Grandsons and grandsons-in-law will serve as pallbearers.
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1934 - 2009 (75 years)
