James Edwards
Posted: August 29, 2014
COLUMBUS — The Rev. James Earl “Bear” Edwards, 71, died Aug. 23, 2014, at Aurora Health and Rehab. Services are 3 p.m. Sunday at Carter’s Funeral Services Chapel in Columbus. Mr. Edwards was born in Columbus on Dec. 19, 1942, to the late Nathaniel Humphries and Mary Alice Edwards. He was formerly employed as assistant director of Kids Growing in Christ Mission and a Disc Jockey for WACR FM Radio. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by siblings, Annie L. Edwards, Patricia Smith and Jesse Edwards. He is survived by his wife, Gwendolyn Edwards of Columbus, daughter, Monica Rudolph of Montgomery, Alabama; siblings, Fred Edwards of St. Louis, Carolyn Edwards and Valarie Ann Richardson, both of Columbus; seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.