Gladys Blandena Edwards

Gladys Blandena Edwards was born in Kaufman on March 25, 1911 to Frank and Bessie Monk Mulliniks. Gladys passed away in a Kaufman hospital on December 30, 2009. Gladys was raised in Kaufman and lived most of her life in Kaufman. She married Jesse Edwards in Terrell in 1931. Gladys and her husband owned and operated the Edwards Grocery Store in Kaufman for twenty years. Gladys later worked for K-Wolens Department Store in Kaufman for fifteen years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Kaufman. Her husband Jesse and a daughter Linda Sue Mitchell preceded her in death. Gladys is survived by her sons: Jesse Edwards and his wife Gerry of Mexia and Jackie Edwards and his wife Ann of Duncanville, grandchildren: Mark Edwards, Tobi Edwards, Sabrina Edwards, Stephanie Mayfield, Julie Mayo, Jill Castellano and Christopher Mitchell, ten great grandchildren, one great great grandchild and many other relatives and friends.