Ms. Barbara Tanner Edwards, 65, of Wrightsville, passed away Sunday, May 15, 2022, at her residence following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 20, in the chapel of Chapman Funeral Home with Reverend Jamey Toler officiating. Interment will follow in the Rehoboth Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 until 2 p.m. Friday, May 20, at Chapman Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Brian Tanner, Nick Tanner, Tony Tanner, Don Tanner, Jamie Tanner, and Ryder Lamb. Honorary pallbearers will be Josh Tanner and Jarrett Tanner.
Ms. Edwards was born April 3, 1957, in Bartow, to the late Bennie Tanner and Mary Garner Tanner. She was a great mother and grandmother. Ms. Edwards loved to make everyone laugh and believed laughter was the best medicine. She was of the Baptist faith. Ms. Edwards is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Lewis Hanson Edwards, Sr.; sisters, Mary Ann Fanning, Judy White, and Lynn Harrell; brothers, J. W. Tanner, Billy Tanner, Roy Tanner, Mickey Tanner, Donald Tanner, Fred Tanner, and Cecil Tanner.
Ms. Edwards is survived by her son, Lewis Hanson Edwards, Jr. of Kite; daughter, Krystal Dawn Edwards of Wrightsville; sisters, Betty Jackson of Tennille and Dorothy Claxton of Alaska; grandchildren, Brittany Marie Edwards and Layla Hartlyn Edwards; several nieces, nephews, and many friends.
Chapman Funeral Home of Swainsboro is in charge of arrangements.
