Judy Rose Edwards

Judy Rose Peterson Edwards, 86, of Augusta, GA, passed away peacefully on November 5, 2026, in Augusta.

Judy was born in Clinton, NC to Jewel Ivy Peterson and Lloyd Andrew Peterson on February 27, 1940. As a child she attended school in Clinton, NC until age 10 when her mother remarried Marion Algernon Davis and the family moved to Wallace, NC. The family eventually moved to Wilmington, NC where Judy completed high school and later attended East Carolina University in Greenville, NC, studying accounting. She married Eddie Ross Edwards on September 7, 1974, in Wilmington, NC. In 2018, Judy moved to Fort Mill, SC to be with her family and in June of 2026 followed her family to Augusta, GA.

Judy worked as an accounting assistant for Kaiser Chemical in Wilmington, NC, later in the accounting department for Belk’s Department Stores and finished her career in accounting for Thomlinson’s Sales in Wilmington.

She and Ed were involved in Jaycee’s and enjoyed working and supporting events like the Wilmington Azalea Festival. They shared lots of time on Ed’s boat fishing and exploring the islands and marshes along the coast. Judy had a green thumb raising many beautiful plants for her home. She could make almost anything bloom. Judy was a member of Masonboro Baptist Church in Wilmington, NC where she spent most of her life.

Judy is preceded in death by her husband, Eddie Ross Edward; mother, Jewel Davis; father, Marion Algernon Davis; and brother, Marion Graham Davis.

Judy is survived by her nephew, Tyler Graham Davis of Kansas City, MO; sister-in-law, Sherry Davis of Liberty, MO'; cousins, Julianne Hill Best and husband Allen Best of Evans, GA, and Jerry Peterson Hill and wife Deborah Fort Hill of Gainesville, FL.; second cousins, Jared Allen Best of Evans, GA, Alexandra Best of Martinez, GA, Julian Hill of Oslo, Norway, and Jhett Hill of Gainesville, FL.

Memorials may be given to Masonboro Baptist Church, 1501 Beasley Road, Wilmington, NC 28409 https://www.masonborobaptist.org/give. 

A graveside remembrance will take place Wednesday, November 11, 2026 at 2pm in the Clinton Cemetery in Clinton, NC. Arrangements are by Crumpler-Honeycutt Funeral Home of Clinton, NC.