Mr. Michael Edwards, 68, of Ridgeway, VA, died October 4, 2019. Funeral Service will be held 1:00 pm Friday, October 11, 2019 at Mayo Missionary Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at 1st Christian Disciples of Christ Church, Stuart, VA, Thursday and 12noon to 1:00p.m. Friday at Mayo Missionary Baptist Church in Ridgeway, VA. Burial will follow at Christian View Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Spencer, VA.

Michael Wayne Edwards, Sr., was born on June 3, 1951 in Patrick County VA. He departed this life on Friday, October 4, 2019 at the home. He was the second of three children born to the late Robert Lee Edwards and Ruth Houchins Edwards. He was a 1969 graduate of George Washington Carver High School. After which he was employed by Fieldcrest Cannon in Fieldale, VA for 34 years. He was married to Valeria Clark Edwards, with one son, Michael Edwards, Jr. from his former marriage to Gwendolyn Hayes Niblett. He was a member of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ - Stuart, VA where he was ordained as an Elder. He served in the Good News Jail Ministry for the past thirteen years, serving as worship leader at City Farm Jail on the second Sundays. Michael was preceded in death by his grandparents Wythe and Fannie “Grubus” Redd Edwards Taylor; George and Odessa Rucker Houchins, Sr.; and his parents. He leaves to mourn his passing, and cherish the memories, his wife Valeria Clark Edwards; son, Michael (Ulonda) Edwards, Jr. of Ridgeway, VA; one brother, James Robert Edwards of Setauket, NY; one sister, Susan (Jaime) Torres of Ridgeway, VA; two grandchildren, MiChaela Edwards and U’Lyssa Edwards of Ridgeway, VA; four aunts, Iris (Andrew) Patterson, Barbara Payne Dalton, Charity (Neil) Martin of Ridgeway, VA and Edith Pitzer of Martinsville, VA; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives.