Ms. Addye Court Edwards, 93 of Sun City West, Arizona and formerly of Wilson, died on November 6, 2018. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Johnson Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 317 Beauvue Road Elm City, NC with Rev. Elijah Harris officiating. Burial will follow in the William Chapel Cemetery, William Chapel Church Road, Elm City, NC. Public viewing will be on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Edwards Funeral Home Chapel and Thursday from 10 a.m. to time of funeral at the church. The family will assemble at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday at Edwards Funeral Home for the processional to the church. Direct condolences to edwardscares.com. Professional and personal services are entrusted to Edwards Funeral Home, Inc. 805 Nash Street East in Wilson, NC.

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Addye Court Edwards was born May 15, 1925 in Elm City, North Carolina to the marriage of William S. Edwards and Emma Lee Edwards. She was raised in Brooklyn, New York where she graduated from high school and she received her R.N designation. Thereafter, she received recognition for outstanding leadership and dedicated service as a R.N. She was a faithful member of Calvary Baptist Church in Queens, New York. She returned briefly to Wilson, North Carolina, where she attended William Chapel Baptist Church. She moved to Sun City West, Arizona in 1989 with her sister Louise and joined the First Baptist Church and remained members until their deaths. She was preceded in death by her father, mother, five sisters, Zelma, Elnora, Elsie, Alma and Louise, two brothers, William Jr. and Edward H. She is survived by her adopted nephew, Larry W. Clark, adopted nieces Barbara J. Clark and Sylvia McCallister and a host of other nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives.