Shirley Ann Chesnut Edwards

SANTO -- Shirley Edwards, 76, entered her eternal life victorious Monday, May 23, 2011, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 10 a.m. Friday at First Baptist Church of Santo, 226 West Palo Pinto St., Santo. Interment: Dobbs Valley Cemetery, Palo Pinto County. At Shirley's request, there will not be a visitation. Memorials: The Edwards family requests consideration of donations, in lieu of usual remembrances, in Shirley's memory, to American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312. Shirley Ann Chesnut Edwards was born March 1, 1935, at Chesnut Mountain, daughter of the late Dwight and Pearl Jones Chesnut. She married Tom Edwards in Santo in 1951 and they began their lives together, which would last 60 years. Shirley loved to work in her orchard and garden and was an animal lover. She reared her five children and was active at Live Oak Baptist Church until her health would no longer permit. Service to her Lord was top priority followed very closely by her family. Shirley was preceded in death by her parents; and a sister, Margene Ricke. Survivors: Husband, Tommy Edwards of Santo; children, Gary Edwards and wife, Elizabeth, of Silver City, N.M., Debbie Martin and husband, Donald Ray, of Weatherford, Doug Edwards and wife, Barbara, of Colorado Springs, Colo., Donna Hartman and husband, Roy, of Denver, Colo., and Karen Searcy and husband, Larry, of Abilene; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; sister, Barbara Woodard of Fort Worth; brother, Harold Chesnut and wife, Susie, of Santo; numerous nieces and nephews; and a host of loving family and friends. White's Funeral Home Weatherford, 817-596-4811