Betty Jean Montgomery

Name for heading- Betty E. Montgomery

CONCORD- Betty Jean Edwards Montgomery, 69 passed away on April 3, 2019.
Funeral services will be 2pm Saturday at Wilkinson Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Gary Posey officiating. Burial will follow at Cabarrus Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Saturday from 1 to 2pm at Wilkinson Funeral Home.
Betty Jean was one of nine children born to Charles and Irene Tucker Edwards. She entered this world on July 10, 1949 in Darlington SC. Before her health declined, she was an active church member at Victory Temple. She was a member of the Red Hat Society. She loved to play cards, especially Canasta, and fellowship with her friends. Participating with the Senior Adults on Wednesday at First Assembly was important to her. She always looked forward to family get-togethers with her big Edwards family. She is preceded in death by her parents and sisters, Judy Horton Short, Girri Jacobs, Shirri McDaniel, and Eleanor Travis; and longtime good family friend, Peggy T. Furr, with who she lived with in recent years.
She is survived by her son James M. “Buddy” Edwards and wife Ronda of Concord; grandchildren, Danielle and Jeremy Edwards; great grandchildren, Hailey, Isiah, Simon, Finn, Zephyr, and Jasper; sisters, Janie Ussery and Linda Efird, both of Concord; brothers, Charles Edwards and Randy “Bubba’ Edwards, both of Concord; many loving nieces and nephews. She will also be missed by her closest friends, Carolyn Gaylan, Mary Ann Seamon, Kathy Smith, and Peggy Poston. As her heath declined she was lovingly cared for by her niece, Rebecca Martinez and sister, Janie.
Memorials may be made to Victory Temple, 3101 Cline School Rd, Concord NC 28025.