Edwards, Laverne Pyland

Funeral services for Laverne Pyland Edwards, 82, of Longview, will be held at 10 a.m. 
Wednesday, August 22, 2007, at the chapel of Rader Funeral Home of Longview, with the 
Reverend Kevin Wittmayer officiating. Interment will follow in Lakeview Memorial Gardens.

Mrs. Edwards went to be with her Lord on Monday morning, August 20, 2007, at a medical 
center in Longview.

Mrs. Edwards was born March 7, 1925, and she had lived in Longview most of her life. 
Laverne was a lifelong friend and employee of the Robbins family. She went to work for 
John C. Robbins Jr. in 1949, and retired as an executive secretary in 1995.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Jim Edwards; and by her parents, Dee 
and Lola Pyland.

She is survived by her daughter, Patti Higginbotham and her husband, Tony; grandson, 
James Kelly Higginbotham; and great-grandson, Ryan Higginbotham.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to Longview 
Humane Society.

The family will greet friends from 6-7 p.m. this evening, August 21, 2007, at the funeral 
home.

A memorial guestbook may be signed at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 8/21/2007.