Obituary of Edna Heptinstall

Edna Love Heptinstall of Huddleston passed away March 20, 2013, at Thomasville Medical Center in Thomasville, NC. She was born February 6, 1926, in Chilhowie, VA, a daughter of the late Daniel and Josephine Love. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Heptinstall; brothers Bob Love, Reid Love, Joe Love and Bill Love; and sisters Elizabeth Love, Tootsie Love, and Martha Lee Edmondson. She retired from teaching at the high school level in the Bedford County School System after 27 years. For most of the years that followed, she operated the family-owned Heptinstall Grocery in Huddleston with her husband, Kenneth Heptinstall (including following his death in 1991). Since 2010 she lived at the Stratford independent living home in High Point, NC, where she loved playing bingo and the company of her little dog, Sophie. She was a devoted member of Mentow Baptist Church for most of her life, and a dedicated and loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She also loved to cook, sew, and listen to the music that her husband, Kenneth played on guitar. She is survived by her daughters, Myra Russell and husband Kermit, and Edna Dickerson and husband Dave; brother, Jack Love and wife Dorothy; sister, Joyce Snapp; grandson, Kenneth Quarles and Victoria Eaton; granddaughter, Joanna Laizure and husband Casey; step-granddaughter, Terri Holt and husband Eddie; great-granddaughter, Julia Mya Laizure; and step-great-grandsons, Morgan and Parker Laizure. The funeral service will be held on Saturday, March 23, 2012 at 1 PM at Mentow Baptist Church with Rev. Greg Soult and Rev. Wayne Murphy officiating. The family will receive friends Saturday beginning at 11 AM at the church. Arrangements by Updike Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Huddleston.