Willard Edmonds

WILLARD EDMONDS, 70, OF 3933 SWEETEN CREEK ROAD DIED TUESDAY MAY 15, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. A NATIVE OF MADISON COUNTY, HE LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE WAS THE PAST OWNER AND OPERATOR OF EDMONDS SANITATION PICK UP COMPANY AND A MEMBER OF SUNNYVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE LIGE AND MARY ALICE McKINNEY EDMONDS AND WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SON, WILLIE ERVIN EDMONDS AND A DAUGHTER, BONNIE SUE EDMONDS. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, BARBARA MAY BANKS EDMONDS OF THE HOME; DAUGHTERS, ALMA JEAN EDMONDS OF ARDEN AND TINA ELIZABETH HARRIS OF FAIRVIEW; SISTER, LILA FLOWERS OF CANDLER; BROTHER, REV. CLIFFORD EDMONDS OF ARDEN; GRANDDAUGHTERS, FONDA RUFFIN AND MISTY SHULER; GRANDSON, MICHAEL MOORE AND 4 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 11:00 A.M. SATURDAY AT ST. MATTHEWS CEMETERY WITH THE REV. DONALD HARE OFFICIATING. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7 TO 9:00 P.M. FRIDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME.