MILDRED FIELDS EDGERTON
Died Dec. 12, 2015
Mildred Fields Edgerton, 89, passed away Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015.
A native of Wayne County, she was the daughter of the late William Wright and Zilphia Gurley Fields, and the widow of Alvin Earl Edgerton.
Mrs. Edgerton was a retired private duty nurse.
She was a member of Goldsboro Friends Meeting, and was attending Carolina Beach Presbyterian Church.
The family will receive friends Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Seymour Funeral Home, followed by a graveside service at 11 a.m. at Wayne Memorial Park, with George Strickland officiating.
Surviving are her son, Earl Edgerton and wife, Beverly, of Wilmington; daughters, Jessica Forsythe of New York City and Wanda Forsythe of Wilmington; granddaughter, Mercer Sneed; grandson, Michael Forsythe; great-granddaughter, Kylie Forsythe; great-grandson, Kannon Jacobs; brothers, Bobby Fields, Howard Fields and Vernon Fields; and sister-in-law, Nora Lee Edgerton.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters, Helen McClenny and Hilda Sjostrom, and brother, Harrison Fields.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Goldsboro Friends Meeting, 700 Guilford St., Goldsboro, N.C., 27530; Carolina Beach Presbyterian Church, 1209 N. Lake Park Blvd., Carolina Beach, N.C., 28428; or Women of Hope, 1642 S. 41st St., Wilmington, N.C., 28403.
Online condolences to the family may be sent to seymourfuneralhome.com.
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Published in Obituaries on December 15, 2015 1:49 PM