Edwards OCEAN CITY, Md. - Myrtle S. "Mickey" Edwards of Ocean City, Md., formerly of Dover, Del., Athens, Ga. and Rockville, Md., died Monday, June 29, 2015 in the Berlin Nursing Home, Berlin, Md. Mrs. Edwards was born January 6, 1916 in Bethesda, Md. to the late Harvey E. and Hattie D. Shearer. Mickey was formerly employed by Barnett Shoals Elementary School in Athens, Ga. as a cafeteria aide. She also was employed at Woodward & Lothrop Department Store while living in Rockville, Md. Mrs. Edwards volunteered her time as a nursery worker in the Tuckston United Methodist Church in Athens. She also volunteered for R.S.V.P. She was a member of the Green Acres Baptist Church in Athens, where she was a member and founder of the Jolly Elders Club. Upon moving to Dover, she became a member of Wesley United Methodist Church. She was a member of the Modern Maturity Center, the Ladies of the Elks BPOE #1903 and a former member of the Bethesda Lioness Club. Mickey was preceded in death by her first husband, Earle B. Poole, Sr., who died in an automobile accident in 1961; and her second husband, Angelo A. Edwards, in 1977; daughter, Joan Brown; and sister, Lucille Cofield She is survived by her son, Earle B. Poole, Jr., and his wife Linda of Ocean City, Md.; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at Torbert Funeral Chapel, 61 S. Bradford St., Dover. Friends may call one hour prior. Interment will be at 3 p.m., in Parklawn Cemetery, 12800 Veirs Mill Road, Rockville, Md. Letters of condolence may be sent, and guestbook signed at
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