LOIS MAXINE EDWARDS

Oct. 25, 1929-Jan. 9, 2010

Lois Maxine Edwards, age 80, of Somerset, Ky., passed away Saturday, January 9, 2010 at the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital.

She was born on October 25, 1929 in Blue John, Ky., to the late Benjamin Franklin and Viola Guynn Hyden.

She is survived by one son-Anthony Merritt of Somerset, Ky.; one daughter-Lavenia (and Danny) Grant of Richmond, Ky.; four step-daughters-Doris Jones of Bronston, Ky., Alice Yancer of Bluffton, Ind., Joyce (and James) Cooper of Indianapolis, Ind., and Marilyn Sue Bradley of Montpelier, Ind.; one brother-William ³Bill² Hyden of Somerset, Ky.; six grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; 15 step-great-grandchildren; two step-great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her first husband-Clifton Merritt; second husband-Claude Edwards; one brother-Bernard Hyden ³Jr.²; and two sisters-Thelma Alene Dykes and Alvena Mae Hyden.

She was a retired residential training aide for Oakwood and a member for over 20 years at the White Lily Missionary Baptist Church. She also loved crafts, to quilt, flower gardening, life and her family. She was a Sunday School teacher.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.

in the funeral home chapel with Bro. Ernest Warren, Bro. Frank Yancer, and Bro. Butch Pennington officiating. Burial followed in the Blue John Cemetery.

Lake Cumberland Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.