First Posted: 1/15/2009

Lena Ruth Edward, 81, of 300 E. Chapel St., died Wednesday at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church, the Rev. David Edward officiating. Burial will follow at McKinnon Cemetery.
Surviving are five sons, Fred Nash Edward, James Edward, Joseph Edward, Lacy Edward and Craig Edward, all of New Jersey; two daughters, Ruth Stocks of Paterson, N.J., and Patricia Wright of Dublin, Ga.; and a brother, Perlie Robeson of Lumberton.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 7 p.m. today at McKoy and Sons Mortuary.