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Article: Bertha M. W. Edwards.(Local)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- October 31, 2009
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PORTSMOUTH - Bertha Mae Winborne Edwards, 89, left to join the Lord Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, after a short illness. She was born in Portsmouth, the daughter of the late Carey J. and Annie S. Winborne. She was the widow of the late George I. Edwards.
She attended public school in Portsmouth and was a 1937 honor graduate of I.C. Norcom High School. She received a B.S. degree in 1942 from Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) with a double major in social studies and library sciences. After graduating, she taught in the Zion Baptist Church kindergarten and worked at the Norfolk Naval Operating Base for a brief time. In May of 1945 she received the call to do ...
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