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Submitted: 9/12/21 • Approved: 9/12/21 • Last Updated: 9/15/21 • R1389687-G1389168-S3
July 11, 1929 - March 39, 2009
*Obituary
Herald-Whig
Friday, April 3, 2009
Perneiche Edwards, 79, a good and faithful servant who fought the good fight against cancer for seven years, went to be with our Lord on Monday (March 30, 2009). Born in Wellington, Kan., on July 11, 1929, she grew up in Bella Vista, Ark., where she met and married her childhood sweetheart, Bill. Perneiche took great pride in serving others in her life as wife, mother, homemaker, student, business owner, church member, community and hospital volunteer, president of several organizations, surgical hostess, public access television volunteer, program manager, director and anchor for news and weekly TV show, Symphony Guild Board member, fundraiser for Magnolias and White Linen, charitable fundraiser as YPPAH the clown. Also among her many accomplishments were the Sunday Morning worship services at Azalea Trace and the Giggle Club. Her career in volunteer work began in Quincy, moved with her to Bella Vista, Arkansas and continued in Pensacola. Perneiche was preceded in death by her parents, Richard and Lola Criger Hobbs; a brother, Hubert; two sisters, Fleda Maxine Hobbs and Gladys Hobbs van Barneveld; and two sons, Jerry Edwards and Stephen Edwards. Perneiche is survived by her husband of 62 years, Eugene O. "Bill" Edwards; two sons, Bill Edwards and Richard Edwards; ten grandchildren, Kelly Steinman, Brooke Edwards, Elizabeth Edwards, Natalie Edwards, Jenna Edwards, Madison Edwards, Morgan Edwards, Nicole Alice Hoenig, Shannon Humes and Timothy Edwards; 18 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. SERVICES: 2 p.m. Sunday memorial services will be held at Azalea Trace Auditorium located at 10100 Hillview Road, Pensacola, Fla. Interment will be on July 11, 2009 in the Bella Vista Cemetery, Bella Vista, Ark. MEMORIALS: Joyce Goldenberg Hospice Residence or Azalea Trace Sunday Morning Worship Service in lieu of flowers. ARRANGEMENTS: Rose Lawn Funeral Home, 2942 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze, Fla. WEB SITE: www.roselawn-fh.com. Condolences may be expressed online at www.whig.com.
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