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Evelyn Marie Edwards, Green County, KY (1941-2023)

Evelyn Marie Taylor Edwards of Greensburg, daughter of the late Dewey and Myrtle Taylor was born March 19, 1941, in Williamsburg, Kentucky, and departed this life surrounded by the love of her family on Saturday, December 30, 2023.

She had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of Greasy Creek Baptist Church. She worked as a car hop at Parkette Burgers and made parachute packs in a factory before raising her children. She prepared meals for a multitude of patients and staff while working eighteen years in the Dietary Department of Jane Todd Crawford Hospital before retiring to care for her mother. Evelyn loved being outdoors, surrounded by beautiful flowers and anything regarding Elvis Presley. She loved and nurtured her family, many of their friends, and anyone who needed a helping hand.


She spent her life loving her husband Richard who preceded her in death in 2011. She loved to beat him playing cards whenever possible. She raised their daughters to be independent thinkers who are outspoken and resilient while standing up for themselves and against bullies. She sewed beautiful quilts that will warm generations of her family.

She is survived by her daughters, Glenda Edwards of Greensburg, Linda Pence (Scott) of Nicholasville, and Brenda Roadcap (Larry) of Virginia; a surviving son-in-law: Bobby Garmon. Other survivors include her grandchildren Wendy Pickett (Ryan), Shane Garmon, Shea Grant (Sarah), Taylor Pence, and Morgan Pence (Kevin Adams);her great-grandchildren Aiden Pickett, Reagan Foley, Kalani Adams, and Jorja Adams; and her siblings Dan Taylor, Robert Taylor (Barbara), Margie Scarborough (Leonard), and Garry Taylor. She is survived by a host of nieces and nephews and her caregivers who became family--Debra Shoemaker, Tonya Henry, Lisa Karnes, Katlyn Murphy, Amy Phillips, and Ashton McCullough.

Besides her parents and husband, Richard, she was preceded in death by a daughter Sharon Garmon and her siblings Willis Taylor, Tom Taylor, Lewis Taylor, Junior Taylor, Larry Taylor, and Nancy Tyre.

The funeral services for Evelyn Marie Taylor Edwards will be conducted at 1pmCT Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home with burial to follow in the Greasy Creek Cemetery. Bro. Roger Robertson officiating. Visitation is requested after 10 Tuesday until time of the funeral service.

The family has asked that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to the Gideon Bible Fund which can be made at the funeral home.

PALLBEARERS: Wendy Pickett, Shane Garmon, Aiden Pickett, Morgan Pence, Taylor Pence, Shea Grant

HONORARY PALLBEARERS: Reagan Foley


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