Ida Edwards

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Funeral services for Ida Lee Dollar Jones Edwards, 76, of Bainbridge, will be held Thursday, April 16, at Salem Baptist Church with the Rev. Ed Harrell officiating.

Interment will follow at Butler Cemetery in Grady County with Dustin Weeks, Johnny Godby, Jason Hicks, Murray White, Emmett Dollar Jr. and Brad Dodson serving as active pallbearers.

Born on Aug. 15, 1932, in Decatur County, Mrs. Edwards died on Monday, April 13, 2009, at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville, Ga.

Mr. Edwards was a lifelong resident of Decatur County, a homemaker and a member of Salem Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her former spouses, Marvin Z. Jones and Ray Edwards.

Survivors include two daughters, Carolyn Jones of Bainbridge and Brenda Jones of Flowery Branch, Ga.; two sons, Marvin Jones and Randal Roy Jones, both of Bainbridge; two sisters, Marilyn Dollar Dodson of Climax and Sarah Eunice Guthrie of Vidalia, Ga.; two brothers, Jack Dollar and Emmett Dollar Sr., both of Climax; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Cox-Ware Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.