Willie Bell Edwards was born on January 10, 1951 in Jacksonville, Florida to Ray Bell Jacobs and Elizabeth Dicks. She was baptized and a member of Abyssinia Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of Rev. B. L. Wynn. Willie Bell attended Stanton Vocational High School. She later met and married Joe L. Edwards in Folkston, Georgia.

Willie Bell departed this life February 5, 2016 and was preceded in death by her parents, Ray Bell and Elizabeth Dicks; brothers, Willie E. Taylor and Willie A. Johnson; sister, RayNita Carns.

Willie Bell leaves to mourn her passing her husband, Joe L. Edwards; daughter, Yolanda Ellis; sons, Enrico Thompson and Johnell Harmon; sisters, Rosa Lockwood, Chellie Harris and Cassandra Jacobs; brother, Ray Jacobs, Jr.; son-in-law, Marvin Ellis; brothers-in-law, Richard Lockwood and Kenneth Harris; grandson, Zaiden Washington; granddaughter, Savannah Ellis and a host of other relatives and friends.

The memorial service for Mrs. Willie Bell Edwards will be held 11:00 am FRIDAY at the Samuel C. Rogers Jr. Memorial Chapel 4315 N. Main Street Please sign the family guest book @ www.tswarden.com. Arrangements in care of Tyrone S. Warden, FDIC, 4315 N. Main Street, 765-1234

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