Queen Easter Edwards
November 24, 1922 - October 27, 2016
COLUMBUS — Queen Ester “Ms. Mae” McCarter Edwards died Oct. 27, 2016, at her residence. Services will be at noon Saturday at Union Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation is from noon-6 p.m. today at Lee-Sykes Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Edwards was born Nov. 24, 1922, to the late Nettie McCarter. She was a member of Union Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sons, Tommy C. McCarter and Willie James Edwards; siblings, Doshie Jones, Mattie Henley, Itty McCarter, Willie J. McCarter, Rosie Lee Reed, Annie Lee Holmes, Sylvia Ashford and Jeff McCarter. She is survived by her sons, Robert McCarter and Albert Lewis McCarter of Columbus, Sammie McCarter of Chicago, Eugene Edwards of Jacksonville, Tennessee, and L.C. Edwards of Starkville; 30 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
COLUMBUS — Queen Ester “Ms. Mae” McCarter Edwards died Oct. 27, 2016, at her residence. Services will be at noon Saturday at Union Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation is from noon-6 p.m. today... View Obituary & Service Information