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This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Sara O'Peter Woodbury Edmonds, 94 years old , born on January 31, 1926 and passed away on April 8, 2020. Here, we can come together to read her obituary, leave a tribute, add photos, share stories, light a candle and leave her flowers. We will remember her forever.

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance."
Ecclesiastes 3:1-4
April 8, 2023
April 8, 2023
I miss mama Sara. She was the only one that can call mylanta and I would know she was calling me. When I would I come and visit she would make me chicken and biscuits for me to take home
April 8, 2023
April 8, 2023
Everytime I think of you it brings a huge smile to my face but I'm sad that you're gone. I miss you so much & cherish our memories. RIP. I LOVE you ❤️
February 1, 2022
February 1, 2022
Grandma I miss you so much. Being born on your moms ( Great Grandma) Birthday and we share a birthday month then you named your doll after my first born child OB. I always felt we had a special connection. I miss being your little innocent girl that loved going to church with grandma. You were so wise and assertive, brutality honest and we would clash as I got older because we were just alike. But no matter where I go or what I do your memories your lessons your voice your face are always in my mind and my heart guiding me along my journey. You are deeply missed. Love you Grandma. Happy Heavenly Belated Birthday ❤️
January 31, 2022
January 31, 2022
Happy heavenly happy bday from little Ali and big Ali ❤ u are missed and loved.
November 23, 2021
November 23, 2021
My heart hurts. I miss you Grandma. R.I.P Queen
April 26, 2020
April 26, 2020
I'm going to miss mama Sara whenever I came to visit she would always be sitting at the table cooking when I would walk in she would say hi Mylanta mama knew my name but since I was 13 that was my name I'm going to miss you always love always Mylanta
April 21, 2020
April 21, 2020
I don't know if it is has really even hit me yet that you're gone. How can it be real when I can't even say goodbye? I will never forget you. There was no one like you in the world! And everyone who had the chance to know you and be a part of your life is better because of it. It comforts me to know that you are with grandpa again, but hurts to know that I will never hear you cracking jokes on literally everyone ever again (even in your final years, when you didn't quite remember who we were, you never lost your sense of humor). Thank you for creating and molding our beautiful family. You will live on forever in each of us.
April 20, 2020
April 20, 2020
This Jay-nice aka Jasmin Ali baby mother. I remember the moments we shared and the times she spend with my son. I had many talks with her and I admire her smiles and compassion towards my son and I.

We luv her and I showed my boy WHO will be 5 on April 26, 2020. I showed him the pic Rasheed Ali Montes-Kendall Jr. and he smiled. I told him it was his papi abuela. He looked and stared 4 a while like trying 2 REMEMBER her. When He smiled with a twinkle in his eye.  ❤

I knew her spirit was with us. Told him she was in the heavens with the angels. ❤ send my condolences 2 the Edmonds Family other families that were affected by this loss. We will see her again in PARADISE. ❤ Jah bless ❤
April 20, 2020
April 20, 2020
Sincerest condolences to the family. Aunt Sara and mommy connected at Bethel AME church in Westbury many years ago, when they realized they were both from South Carolina, and both their fathers were
ministers, they immediately became soul sisters and our families were forever connected! I remember how animated she was quoting the poetry of Paul Lawrence Dunbar, I learned so much from her! Every Sunday after church our parents would get Chicken Delight and we'd go home and spend the rest of the day together! So many blessed memories! May God's grace and mercy and the memories you have carry you during this difficult time❤❤❤
April 19, 2020
April 19, 2020
Crying typing thing but I remember you told me a story that no one believed you when you said you died before and went to heaven but your mother begged tears asking god to bring you back because she needed you ! You told me when you saw heaven it was the most beautiful place in the world ! That you actually didnt want to leave that the Angel's were singing to you that you had the most warmest welcome that any person could receive but god brought you back down to earth bc your mother needed you WE needed you if it wasnt for you I WOULDN'T be here and that IM ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU ALWAYS AND OUR FAMILY WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND YOUR LEGACY WILL NEVER DIE OUT I'm so hurt that the family couldnt have a proper funeral but I'll always feel you in my heart always so imma try to stop crying but it's the only way I'll mourn since I didn't get to say goodbye but one thing that I know for sure you and aunty glory DEFINITELY couldnt wait to reunite with the almighty lord and was waiting patiently for him to come and get you when the time passed so I'm not sad because I know you aunt Marjorie aunty glory grandpa mikey daddy uncle Rudy aunt gloria my baby sister niara grandma(pops grandma) big AL(Genie) etc. All of our Angel's who are at rest are living without hurt and fear who can relax and who are watching our backs also waiting for us to return to the lord as well but we all meet again until than I love you!
April 19, 2020
April 19, 2020
#Rashid hey we all really appreciate and missing our grandmother I'm thankful I have a strong family and family members I'm happy #GOD is So Great and Amazing thank you....
April 18, 2020
April 18, 2020
This was the day my mother transitioned to a higher level. She went peacefully. She said I'm tired and went to sleep. SIP Sara the Great or Great One, that's what my grand daughter called her. Job well done.
May Allah Be pleased and have mercy on
you. Ameen.
Im miss you soo much.
April 14, 2020
April 14, 2020
(Posted previously on Facebook) Dear Mama Sara: As I type this, my throat feels as if someone is tightly squeezing it because I just learned of your passing. In many ways, you were a mother to me (like many others). We met when I was about 14 years old. You and your family attended a church my family and I attended many years ago. What I remember most about you was that you were the kind of woman who loved everyone, taking many into your home who were in need of help and safety. You were that for me and my brothers when my mother was ill in the hospital and my father wasn’t around as a result. Mama Sara, your home became my safe haven during those times I felt lost, afraid and uncertain. I knew I could always turn to you and your family and feel safe. Anyone who stepped into your home felt welcomed. You ALWAYS had this glow about you as if Heaven shined its light directly upon you. You were a woman of beauty, elegance, grace and pure love, a woman who touched so many lives along the way. I’m so sorry Mama that we lost touch over the years and my heart breaks for that in it of itself. I love you Mama Sara and I know one day I will see you. Never good-bye my love, but rather - until we meet again. - Bernice Marciano
April 12, 2020
April 12, 2020
Grandma used to ALWAYS give me extra biscuits, cookies, strawberry candies and even money! She would do it so covertly and say "Shhhhh Don't Tell" When I was younger, it made me feel SO special. Like we had our own little secret. As I got older..... I realized, she did this with all of us LOL. She made us all feel so special.
April 12, 2020
April 12, 2020
Grandma used to say " the monkey in the court house speak monkey speak " whenever she wanted us to be quiet. I used to be caught talking because I was one of "the magpies "( my grandpa used to call me, Tamar, and Zarinah that because we were always yackin)~Walida Muhammad( Oldest grandaughter)

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April 8, 2023
April 8, 2023
I miss mama Sara. She was the only one that can call mylanta and I would know she was calling me. When I would I come and visit she would make me chicken and biscuits for me to take home
April 8, 2023
April 8, 2023
Everytime I think of you it brings a huge smile to my face but I'm sad that you're gone. I miss you so much & cherish our memories. RIP. I LOVE you ❤️
February 1, 2022
February 1, 2022
Grandma I miss you so much. Being born on your moms ( Great Grandma) Birthday and we share a birthday month then you named your doll after my first born child OB. I always felt we had a special connection. I miss being your little innocent girl that loved going to church with grandma. You were so wise and assertive, brutality honest and we would clash as I got older because we were just alike. But no matter where I go or what I do your memories your lessons your voice your face are always in my mind and my heart guiding me along my journey. You are deeply missed. Love you Grandma. Happy Heavenly Belated Birthday ❤️
Her Life

A Time to be Born:

April 13, 2020
January 31, 1926, Sara O’Peter Woodbury Edmonds, the daughter of the late Reverend Abraham Frank and Mrs. Hestelle L. Washington Woodbury began her journey of life in Georgetown, SC.

A time to be Educated

April 13, 2020
Robert Smalls High School, Beaufort, SC, Class of 1943 Valedictorian; and South Carolina State College now South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC.

A time to Serve:

April 13, 2020
Church Mother of New Beginnings Christian Center, mentoring the young women of the church; member of choir.
Recent stories

My best friend

April 19, 2020
You know I was lonely person only friends I had was  family that day abdul told me you passed away I started crying alot I felt i lost my only friend other  than my mom and dad and auntie's and uncle and cousin's .... that know everything  about me .. I love you grandma #RIP

A few memories of my Grandma....

April 18, 2020
The last few times we visited grandma in the nursing home, she was always trying to get daddy to eat her lunch. Which isn't surprising. She was a natural care taker. Needed to see to it that EVERYONE ate.

One summer when I was probably in middle school, I stayed at Grandma's house for several weeks. She called me Dana from Transylvania the whole time (because we live in Pennsylvania lol)

I'll always remember how everyone would be in the living room talking, and grandma - from all the way back in her bedroom - would yell out to us as if she was right in the middle of the conversation. She was always listening and butting in

You could always catch grandma either cooking or ironing, and singing church songs while doing it.
April 14, 2020
Grandma made the best biscuits in the world. No contest! She tried to teach me how to make them so many times and to this day I could never get them right. She was prepared to make them at any moment too. Everytime I visited she would either have biscuits already made, be in the middle of making them, or she would stop what she was doing and make them if you asked. It wasn't an easy task either. I'm talking about homemade biscuits from scratch. And you HAD to use the sifter or it wasn't right. I think she sifted them 2 or 3 times! I'm sad I never learned how to make them. 

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