Sarah Julia Bailey Edmonds

Mrs. Sarah Julia Bailey Edmonds, age 94 of Baldwin and formerly of Toccoa passed away Monday, December 19, 2022 at The Oaks at Scenic View.

She was one of 14 children of the late Cooper and Bertha Perkins Bailey and was born August 30, 1928 in Worth County, Georgia.  She was a graduate of Arabi City High School.  She lived in Smyrna, Georgia for a number of years and was employed with Rich’s Department Store.  She moved to Toccoa in 1985.  She was a member of the First Baptist Church Toccoa.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph “Joe” Edmonds and by her siblings, A.C. Bailey, Jr., H.P. Bailey, Dan Bailey, Charles Bailey, Turner Bailey, Virginia Nix, Polly Payne, Drucilla Collier, Frances Johnson, Edith Allison, Luella Purcell and Susie Lancaster.

Survivors include her daughter, Marilyn Goodwin of Toccoa; son, Terry Joe Edmonds of Sebastian, Florida; grandchildren, Kimberly Renee Brown and Jeffery Nathan Edmonds and Terrence Joseph Edmonds of Texas; sister-in-law, Jean Lecroy Bailey of Toccoa; a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be Friday, December 23, 2022, 2 o’clock p.m. in the Hillcrest Chapel of the Acree-Davis Funeral Home with Mr. Bobby Edmonds officiating.  The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers, Bryan Edmonds and Bobby Edmonds.

The family will receive friends at the Acree-Davis Funeral Home on Friday from 12 noon until the service time.  Online condolences may be left for the family at www.acree-davisfh.com.

Interment will follow in the Stephens Memorial Gardens with the Acree-Davis Funeral Home and Crematory in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Sarah Julia Bailey Edmonds.