Edith Flowers

Edith Mae Flowers, 95, of Union City, formerly of Dyer, passed away Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, at Union City Manor and Rehabilitation Center.
Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Karnes and Son Funeral Home in Dyer, with Brother Ray Carroll officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery in Dyer.
Visitation will be held from noon until the hour of services Tuesday at the funeral home.
The family has requested in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to a charity of the donor’s choice.
She was born Dec. 9, 1924, to the late Vernon and Betra Gray Flowers. She was a retired employee of Kellwood Company and a beautician, jewelry store owner and employee of Brown Shoe Company.
She was a member of Point Pleasant Baptist Church and a member of Order of Eastern Star in Dyer. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and enjoyed living at the “Lake,” fishing and working in her flower gardens and her raised bed vegetable garden.
She is survived by two sons, Richard Flowers and his wife, Sylvia, and Randle Flowers and his wife, Judy; four grandchildren, Brian Flowers (Nicci), John Flowers, Jason Flowers (Rebekah) and Lindsey Duke (Eric); nine great-grandchildren, Mason Flowers, Wyatt Flowers, Loren Flowers, Macy Flowers, Chloe Flowers, Coley Flowers, Taylor Flowers, Ty Flowers and Karissa Flowers; one sister, Alice King; and two brothers, Joe Flowers and Mike Flowers.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold C. Flowers; her parents; four brothers, George Flowers, Jimmy Flowers, Vernon Flowers Jr. and Bobby Flowers; and two sisters, Margaret Powell and Evelyn Bradford.
Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.karnesandsonfuneralhome.com.

Published 2.24.20