Janice Faye Whitley Edwards | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Mrs. Janice Faye Whitley Edwards, age 81, a resident of Washington, NC, and a former resident of Grimesland, died Sunday March 20, 2022, at her home with family at her side.

    A funeral service will be held 1:00 p.m. Wednesday March 23, 2022, at Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington officiated by Steven Mills. Burial will follow in Oakdale Cemetery in Washington. Pallbearers will be Cody Woolard, Timothy Gregory, Garland Edwards, Jr., Bobby Riggs, Billy Coltrain, and Toby Wainwright. The family will receive friends Tuesday March 22, 2022 at Paul Funeral Home & Crematory.

    Mrs. Edwards was born in Pitt County on November 18,1940, daughter of the late William Jessie Whitley and the late Sudie Virginia Everette Whitley. On March 11, 1957, she married Frank Edwards, Jr. who preceded her in death on June 25, 1996. She was a nurse's aide with Elks Rest Home for twelve years and then worked with Beaufort County Home for twenty years. She loved reading and sewing. While her health permitted, she attended Harvest Church.

    Survivors include her children: Carolyn Jeanette Edwards Brice (Daniel) and Douglas "Keith" Edwards all of Washington; six grandchildren: Douglas Tyler Edwards (Ashley), Joshua Whitley Edwards (Samantha), Christina Brice Gooch (Tim), Matthew Alan Brice (Marzella), Elizabeth Sullivan (Dustin), and Britney Brickhouse; seven great grandchildren: and a great great grandchild. Mrs. Edwards was predeceased by two stepchildren: Joanne Warren and Garland Frank Edwards; three brothers: Herman Felton Whitley, William Linwood Whitley, and James Ervin Whitley; a sister: Ruby Dale Evett; and three grandchildren: Gerry Wayne Rogers, Jr., Frances Darlene Warren, and Thomas Holt Warren, Jr.

    In lieu of flowers the family kindly asks for memorials be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or Beaufort County Humane Society, P.O. Box 33, Washington, NC 27889.

    Online condolences may be offered to the family by visiting www.paulfuneralhome.com

    Paul Funeral Home & Crematory is honored to serve the Edwards family.
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