ISAAC GORDON EDWARDS

Isaac Gordon "Tuffy" Edwards, 65, of Sumter, died on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, at Prisma Health Richland Hospital in Columbia.

Born in Crossmore, North Carolina, he was a son of the late Shaw and Annie Laurie Garner Edwards. He was a retired professor with Florence Darlington Technical College.

He is survived by two sons, Ryan Edwards and wife, Aubrey Jenkins, of Columbia and Keith Edwards (Mallorie) of Alabama; a granddaughter, Emma Edwards of Columbia; and a special friend, Margaret Bowman of Sumter.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Nick Lyerly officiating. Burial will be at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday prior to the funeral service at the funeral home.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com.

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.