Allene Edwards

Mrs. Ruby Allene Ed-wards, 89, of Union City passed away 11:03 p.m. Thursday, April 6, 2017, at the Obion County Nursing Home.
Funeral services will be conducted 3 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home. Brother Eddie Mallonee will officiate. Burial will follow in Memphis Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers will be Danny Ams, Daniel Gooch, Taylor Gooch, Dalton Gooch, Morgan Quinton and Allan Carter.
Visitation will be held at Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home from 1:30 p.m. until the hour of services Sunday.
Mrs. Allene was born Oct. 1, 1927, in Lee County Miss., daughter of the late Marvin Talmadge and Lena Bell (Cowsert) Coley. She married L.Z. Edwards Dec. 31, 1972. He died Aug. 23, 1998. Mrs. Ruby had been employed at Leader Federal Savings & Loan and First National Bank, where she served as a teller for 27 years. She was a member of Second Baptist Church in Union City.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Danny Ams of Union City; her son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Carol Pittman of Union City; three grandchildren, Lynn Gooch of Troy, Allan Carter of Lenoir City and Tina Wilson of Florida; her step-granddaughter, Glenda Butler of Union City; 10 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by her brother, David Eugene Coley.
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