Edna Johnson Anderson Underwood
– 11/21/2022
Obituary for Edna Johnson Anderson Underwood
Edna Johnson Anderson Underwood, Knoxville, TN age eighty-nine went quietly to join her parents, Samuel and Edith Armstrong Johnson; sisters, Doretha (Donald) Cunningham and Corrine Martin, November 21, 2022. Edna graduated from Austin High School, Class of 1951. She retired from Standard Knitting Mill after twenty-four years of service. Edna lived her life loving God and her family. She was a faithful member of Oak Grove A. M. E. Zion Church, where she served as the church treasurer for over 45 years and a loyal member of the choir for 74 years. When it came to singing for the Lord, Edna would say, “I’d rather have three who are willing to serve than to have ten who don’t want to be there…”
Edna was preceded in death by husbands; William Anderson Jr. and Herbert Underwood Sr., and sons; James and Wendell Anderson.
She leaves to cherish her memory, devoted daughter, Kimalishea Anderson, loving sons; William II (Paula), Samuel (Jean), John (Anna), and Daniel Sr. (Talisha) Anderson; step daughter, Janice Malone, 25 grandchildren, 42 great grandchildren, and many other relatives, classmates and friends to include special cousin, Shirley Branch.
Family will receive friends, 1:00-2:00 p.m., Monday, November 28, 2022 at Greater Warner Tabernacle AME Zion Church, 3800 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.; funeral service, 2:00 p.m., Rev. Tiki Dixon, Officiating.
Interment, Oak Grove Cemetery
Arrangements by, JARNIGAN & SON MORTUARY
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Receiving of Friends
Monday, November 28, 2022
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Greater Warner Tabernacle AME Zion Church
3800 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.
Funeral Service
Monday, November 28, 2022
2:00 p.m.
Greater Warner Tabernacle AME Zion Church
3800 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.
Graveside
Monday, November 28, 2022
Oak Grove Cemetery
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Extending deepest sympathy to the family. May God bless, keep and strengthen all of you.
We love you MawMaw
John, I’m so sorry for your loss. Your mother must have been a wonderful lady who contributed so much to her community. I know your family will miss her.
A loving rose has been plucked from the earthly garden and now has flown away to receive her just reward. She has gone to a place where there is no more crying, no more pain, and no more sorrow, resting in the arms of the great almighty. Edna kept the faith, fought a good fight. To know Edna was to love Edna as she was a God-fearing woman. A woman of great passion. A woman willing to assist and help anyone without question. She loved God and her family as well as her church. To the family if there are any tears, let it be tears of rejoicing as you will see Edna again in that sweet by and by. Where every day will be like Sunday, Sabbath will have no end. My prayers are with the family and friends during this time of bereavement. May the loving memories of Edna be of great comfort unto you. Absence from the body is to be in the presence of the Lord.
To the Anderson family.
Miss Edna was a remarkable woman. Well respected and loved. Please know you all are in my thoughts and prayers. What a wonderful legacy she has left behind. What a blessed woman of the Lord and very much beloved. ❤️
With Sincere Condolences,
Keira Wyatt