Obituary of Boyd Edmonds

ATKINS, VIRGINIA: BOYD W. "HICK" EDMONDS, age 94, died Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at Smyth County Community Hospital. He was born and raised in the Lick Creek Community in Smyth County, Virginia. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the European Campaign as a medic. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Alice Edmonds and four brothers. He is survived by his wife, Sue Atkins Edmonds of Atkins, Virginia; two step sons, John Atkins and Randy Atkins both of Atkins, Virginia; three step-daughters, Jeffie Campbell and husband, Bill of Marion, Virginia, Cindy Sneed and husband, John of Spring, Texas, and Anne Reedy and husband, Jack of Houston, Texas; one sister-in-law, Juanita Edmonds of Christiansburg, Virginia; three step-grandchildren; three step-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. Seaver-Brown Chapel with Rev. Neville Mozingo officiating. Burial will follow in Chatham Hill Cemetery in Chatham Hill, Virginia. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Seaver-Brown Chapel. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family at www.seaverbrown.com. Seaver-Brown Funeral Service and Crematory is serving the Edmonds Family.