Mary Jo Lewis Edwards
Age 81, would often say, “Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured”. And that is the way she lived her life until she passed peacefully in her home in Athens, AL, Monday morning July 26, 2021 surrounded by family.
Mary Jo was an adventurer, sharing life with her loving companion of 61 years, John Charles Edwards, as a young mother, she was as comfortable going to the rifle range and knocking out bullseyes with their 1903 A3 30-6, as providing the perfect blend of love, council, and friendship for her family. She could just as easily be found under one of their many cars changing the oil or doing a complete brake job on their 1950 Desoto or catching fish near the Mantachie Meadows as taking care of 3 girls with one on the way while her husband was called to serve in the Vietnam war. Later God blessed Mary Jo with two boys completing her family with six children which led to lifetime of new adventures.
