Malcolm G. Edwards
TUSCALOOSA | Malcolm G. Edwards, age 89, of Tuscaloosa, died Dec. 1, 2006 at home. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 4, 2006 at Tuscaloosa Memorial Park with Dr. Rick Olson officiating and Tuscaloosa Memorial Chapel Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home.
His parents, William Oscar Edwards and Mary Emma Gay Edwards, three brothers, Wendell Edwards, Philip Edwards and Claude Edwards, and one son, Charles Malcolm Edwards, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Sarah Edwards, and daughter, Sarah Gay Edwards.
He was born Feb. 1, 1917 in Ackerville, Ala. and grew up in Marion, Ala. He graduated from Perry County High School and Marion Military Institute. He graduated from Auburn University in 1939 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. His employment included the Alabama Highway Dept., Corinth, Mississippi Machinery, Mississippi State University, Union Bag in Savannah, Ga., Gulf States Paper in Tuscaloosa, Russ Engineering in Birmingham, and J and P Construction in Tuscaloosa. He owned The Dime Store, Edwards, and The Ben Franklin in Tuscaloosa. He was a member of Kiwanis and Civitan Clubs and Covenant Presbyterian Church, where he was deacon, elder, superintendent of Sunday School, Senior Sunday School teacher, served on the original church planning board, and sang in the choir. He was married to Sarah Evelyn Walker from Baldwyn, Miss. in 1943. They have lived in Tuscaloosa since 1947.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Covenant Presbyterian Church's "In-As-Much" Fund or a charity of one's choice.