Edna A. Pinson, 73, Enjoyed collecting dolls

She was born February 12, 1930 in Littlerock, Virginia and raised in Kentucky. She has been a resident of Amherst since 1963.

In addition to being a housewife and mother, she was an active member of Broadway Assembly Church in Lorain where she was a Sunday school teacher in the junior department. She enjoyed collecting dolls and was an avid reader.

Survivors include her son Jerry D. Pinson of Brooks, Kentucky; her daughters Karen Ward and Marcia Scott, both of Lorain, Vicky Sebastian of Sandy Springs, Kentucky, and Krista Zirkle of Amherst; twenty-three grandchildren; eleven great great grandchildren; her sisters Ledna Mea Ratliff and Janice Marie Ratliff, both of Pikevill, Kentucky, and Anna Rae Taylor of Vermilion.

She was preceded in death by her husband of forty-five years Victor K. “Whitey” Pinson on May 14, 1996; by her infant son Kenneth Ray; her great granddaughters Miranda and Amanda Ward; and by her parents Okey and Lee Tillie Mae McCoy (nee Adams)

Friends may call Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Hemple Funeral Home; 373 Cleveland Ave., Amherst. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 a.m. from Braodway Assembly Church; 5495 Broadway, Lorain. The Rev. Mark Lantz, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the Ridge Hill Memorial Park, Amherst Township.

The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to Broadway Assembly Church, 5495 Broadway, Lorain 44052.