Mamie Frances Ray Edwards

Funeral services to honor the life of Mrs. Edwards will be 2:00 PM Sunday in the Liberty Mortuary Chapel. Burial will be at Liberty Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 5:00 until 7:00 PM at the mortuary.

Mamie Frances Ray Edwards, 85, of 115 Denmark Drive, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at Baptist Easley Hospital surrounded by her loving family.

Born in Greenville she was the widow of Charles F. Edwards, Sr. and a daughter of the late William V. and Julia Reynolds Ray. She retired from Kent Manufacturing and was a member of Carmel Presbyterian Church.

Surviving are three daughters, Pat Johnson of Liberty, Anita Granger of Easley, and Barbara Johnson of Cheyenne, WY; a son, Charles F. “Frankie” Edwards, Jr. of Liberty; two sisters, Carolyn Wardlaw and Sandra Brake; three brothers, Bill Ray, Billy Ray, and Dale Ray; 10 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren, 11 great-great grandchildren, and one great-great-great grandchild.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Penny Kay, two brothers, Roy and Troy Ray, and her step mother, Gladys Irene Ray.

The family will be at the home of the daughter, Pat Johnson, 264 Watts Road, Liberty SC.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Open Arms Hospice, 1836 W. Georgia Road, Simpsonville, SC 29680.

Memorial messages may be sent to the family by visiting www.libertymortuary.com Liberty Mortuary is handling arrangements.