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Yvonne Waddy-Edmonds

November 12, 1949 - March 15, 2022

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Stewart & Calhoun Funeral Home
529 W Thornton St.
Akron, OH 44307
330-535-1543 |
Wednesday 3/30, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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Stewart & Calhoun Funeral Home
529 W Thornton St.
Akron, OH 44307
330-535-1543 |
Wednesday 3/30, 12:00 pm
Condolences may be sent to 2713 State Street Apt #3, East Saint Louis, Illinois 62205

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Glendale Cemetery
150 Glendale Ave.
Akron, Ohio 44302
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Yvonne Waddy-Edmonds, age 72, formally of King George, VA passed away March 15, 2022. She was born on November 12, 1949, in E. St. Louis, Illinois to Shirley Creech-Parnell and Samuel Odell Waddy. She came to Akron, OH at 7 years old with her sister Inetta Parnell, her brother Melvin Parnell, and her younger sister Karen Renee Waddy.

She was a graduate of Central High School in Akron, OH and she also attended Kent State University. She served our country as an electrical engineer for the U.S. Navy for 19 years. She was stationed on five ships and two shore commands including a tour in Liberation of Kuwait – Desert Shield/Desert Storm in 1991.

She was preceded by her mother, Shirley Creech-Parnell; father, Samuel Odell Waddy; sister, Inetta Parnell; brother, Melvin Parnell; uncles, Columbus Cole, Johnny Cole, George Parnell and Lewis Parnell; aunt, Inez Parnell; and grandmother, Carrie Cole.

Left to cherish her memory are her younger sister, Karen Renee Waddy; aunts, Edna Jean Barber-Harper and Mary Barber; uncle, Bobbie Lee Barber; nephews, Melvin Henderson, Jr., Steven Mins, Ronald Waddy, Michael Parnell, and John Waddy; along with a host of friends and family members.

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Stewart & Calhoun Funeral Home
529 W Thornton St.
Akron, OH 44307
330-535-1543 | Map
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529 W Thornton St.
Akron, OH 44307
330-535-1543 | Map
Wednesday 3/30, 12:00 pm
Condolences may be sent to 2713 State Street Apt #3, East Saint Louis, Illinois 62205
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Akron, Ohio 44302
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Yvonne Waddy-Edmonds, age 72, formally of King George, VA passed away March 15, 2022. She was born on November 12, 1949, in E. St. Louis, Illinois to Shirley Creech-Parnell and Samuel Odell Waddy. She came to Akron, OH at 7 years old with her sister Inetta Parnell, her brother Melvin Parnell, and her younger sisterContinue Reading

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Charlene Harper left a message on March 30, 2022:
To be absent from the body is to be present with God. I send my condole to my family in Akron ohio. Yvonne was a woman of faith and she believed in God. She was a server. She serve her country to the fullest capacity and people who was in need. I believe my Grand ma Carrie and Aunt Shirley had a lot to do with this. Yvonne you will truly be missed. I will see you on the other side of Glory
Tiffany S McKnight left a message on March 30, 2022:
Aunt Muff. ALLLLLL of my memories of you are pleasant. I havent seen you in so many years, well decades and I wish I could have seen you before this. I pray you know you were special and loved by My Mother and me❤?? May God be with her loved ones now and the days ahead.
Shirley Parnell left a message on March 29, 2022:
My Dear Sister-In-Law, you are going to be greatly missed, your leaving has left a space that no one else can fill. Your presents is required by the Great Almighty and when He calls He has decided that its time, you have fulfilled your time among us, it time for you rest. You will have sweet rest for you are resting in His arms, the Arms of Almighty. Sweet sleep Yvonne and rest in perfect peace.
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