Leona Maple Edwards Obituary

With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Leona Maple Edwards of Leesburg, Florida, born in Winter Garden, Florida, who passed away on August 3, 2025. Family and friends can send flowers and condolences in memory of the loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Leona Maple Edwards to pay them a last tribute.

She was loved and cherished by many people including: her parents, Charlie James Rackley and Lillie Mae Johnson; her great-grandparent Charlotte; her grandmothers, Emma and Lillie; her stepfather Louis "Papa" Hunter; her uncle Richmond Whitlock; her husband Homer Edwards Jr.; her uncles, Church of God and New St. Paul Church of God; her children, Ernest Terry McCann (Helen), Detroit, Lynda Darnell Vidot (Scott), Altamonte Springs, Jeryl Lynn Edwards, Sherry Elaine Edwards, Theresa Gail Overton and Julius Glenn McCann; her grandchildren, William Overton Jr., Rachael McCann, Stephanie McCann, Nathan McCann, Salimah McCann, Alexis C. Vidot, Anthony Vidot, Abdul S. Talib and Mia LaRose Ramsey; her great grandchildren, Amari, Sky, Rhese, River, Forest, Sage, Jeremiah and Josiah; her sister Annie Ruth Crumb (late Cathryn Jackson); and her sibling's children, Debra Rena Hughes (Everett), Cynthia Hicks (Sal), Henry Fields (Ann), Michael Fields (Lisa) and James Crumb (late Louis Anthony Fields).