Friends, family remember longtime Greenwood City Councilwoman

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UNTIL THE VERY END. THE GREENWOOD CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS ARE QUIET RIGHT NOW. THERE’S ONE NAME. YOU’LL LIKELY HEAR IN THIS ROOM FOR YEARS TO COME LINDA EDWARDS. THE CITY’S WARD TO REPRESENTATIVE EDWARDS PASSED AWAY SUNDAY SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS AND FAMILY. HAD ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST LORD AND SAVIOR AND I KNEW SHE GOING TO BE IN A BETTER PLACE A SURVIVOR OF BREAST CANCER AND A STROKE SHE’D RECENTLY BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG LUNG CANCER AND SHE HAD YOUR BEST INTEREST. HOT YOU KNOW SHE ALWAYS. ON THE TRY TO HELP YOU SHE SERVED ON COUNCIL FOR 23 YEARS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO FAITH FAMILY AND THE PEOPLE SHE REPRESENTED LINDA WAS NOT A POLITICIAN. LINDA WAS A PUBLIC SERVANT STATE SENATOR FLOYD NICHOLS AND SERVED AS GREENWOOD MAYOR DURING PART OF HER TIME IN OFFICE WHEN LONDON SPOKE. EVERYBODY GOT QUIET. THEY WERE PAY ATTENTION BECAUSE THEY KNEW WHATEVER LINDA SAID IT WAS COMING FROM THE HEART THAT HEART EVIDENT EVEN TOWARDS THE END WHEN SHE WASN’T FEELING WELL SHE WOULD INSPIRE ME. I MEAN I’M SAYING THAT IF YOU CAN GET IN THE CAR AND GO TO COUNCIL MEETING KNOWING HOW YOU FEEL. WHAT DO I HAVE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT? BUT SHE WAS THERE FOR THE PEOPLE SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO RETIRE TODAY. WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HER 70TH BIRTHDAY THIS COMMUNITY NOW REMEMBERING HER LEGACY? YOU FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT AND NOW YOU KNOW IS OH REALLY? AND I DON’T HAVE NO REGRETS. AND I DON’T THINK SHE HAD NO ONE. SHE GAVE IT HER A

Linda Edwards served on council for 23 years.

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