The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, October 5, 1996             TAG: 9610050164
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: AHOSKIE                           LENGTH:   21 lines

LUDIE E. EDWARDS

Ludie Lee Eure Edwards, 87, of Route 3 died Oct. 4, 1996, in Guardian Care Nursing Home.

A native of Gates County, N.C., Mrs. Edwards was a homemaker and member of Cool Spring Baptist Church, Eure, and the widow of Frank Olin Edwards.

Survivors include a daughter, Betty Ann Earley of Harrellsville, N.C.; a son, Delma Whyatt Edwards of Ahoskie; a sister, Clementine Eure of Portsmouth; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in Garrett Funeral Home, Ahoskie, by the Rev. Robert May and the Rev. Wayne Gardner. Burial will be in Eure Christian Church Cemetery. Family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. today and other times at the home of Jimmie and Betty Ann Earley, Chowanoke Shores, Harrellsville. Memorials may be made to Ahoskie Rescue Squad.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB