ATHENS – Leroy Leonard Edwards, 85, died Thursday, June 2, 2016, at Gentiva Hospice, IPU.
Mr. Edwards was born in Commerce, the son of the late Oris and Margia Thurmond Edwards. He was a member of West End Baptist Church and a veteran of the United States Army. He was retired as a painter. Mr. Edwards was preceded in death by his wife, Joyce Shelton Edwards.
Survivors include his daughters, Rhonda Perry, Commerce, and Sandra Syfett, Athens; sons, Steven Whitley and Gerald Whitley, both of Athens; sister, Louise Gordon, Maysville; and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at the chapel of Little-Ward Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Manus officiating. Interment will follow in Athens Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday from 1 to 2 p.m. prior to the service.
Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, is in charge of arrangements.