Irene Carter Edwards Wadsworth

IRENE CARTER EDWARDS WADSWORTH, 87, LOVING, WIFE, MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER, PASSED AWAY WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2010. SHE WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 18, 1923 IN NASH COUNTY TO THE LATE RAYMOND AND GRACE COLLIE CARTER. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS SHE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER FIRST HUSBAND, WILLIAM LAWRENCE EDWARDS, SR.; BROTHERS, ALBERT, ELBERT, ROBERT, JOHNNY, AND RAYMONDAY CARTER; SISTER, MARY SUE MANNING; AND STEP-SON, BOBBY EDWARDS. AFTER HER RETIREMENT, SHE OWNED AND OPERATED IRENE’S KITCHEN IN NASHVILLE.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, WILLIAM R. WADSWORTH OF BATTLEBORO; DAUGHTER, LINDA HUNT AND HUSBAND BILLY OF NASHVILLE; SONS, WILLIAM EDWARDS, JR., AND WIFE ESTHER OF ROANOKE RAPIDS AND MICHAEL EDWARDS AND WIFE CATHY OF SPRING HOPE; STEP-CHILDREN, PATRICIA DAVIS AND HUSBAND MIKE OF ELM CITY, RAYMOND WADSWORTH AND WIFE BRENDA OF WHITAKERS, MARVIN WADSWORTH AND WIFE SADIE OF RED OAK, EVELYN W. VARNELL OF WILSON, ANN GAY AND HUSBAND DAVID OF SELMA; FOSTER SON, DARYLE SCHNURSTEIN AND WIFE VANESSA OF PETERSBURG, MI; TWENTY FIVE GRANDCHILDREN; TWENTY FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; ONE GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILD; BROTHERS, RONDAL CARTER AND WIFE BETTY OF ROCKY MOUNT, LUTHER CARTER AND WIFE PATRICIA OF CABOT, AR; SISTER, PATTIE HARDY OF NASHVILLE; SPECIAL FRIEND, GINGER HADEN, AND HER SPECIAL COMPANION SPARKY.
THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7-9PM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010 AT JOHNSON FUNERALS AND CREMATIONS ON ENGLISH ROAD. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD 2PM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2010 IN JOHNSON CHAPEL. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK.
ARRANGEMENTS ARE ENTRUSTED TO JOHNSON FUNERALS AND CREMATIONS, 661 ENGLISH ROAD, ROCKY MOUNT, NC 27804.