RUSSELLVILLE — Bobby McKay Edwards,

age 85, of Russellville, died Friday, August 1, 2020, at Hospice Home Care in Little Rock.

He was born October 19, 1934, in Camden to Norman McKay and Willie Catherine Sims Edwards.

He attended high school at Paris and Camden and attended Little Rock University. He retired from General Electric as a district manager of the southeastern region of the United States. He was a member of the Russellville First Baptist Church, the Berean Sunday School Class, a charter member of the Balboa Baptist Church in Hot Springs Village, the American Legion and the Fishers of Men Club. He was a United States Army Veteran of the Korean War and a past president of the Illuminating Engineering Society.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Betty Jacqueline Edwards; and a son, Larry McKay Edwards.

Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Dana Renae and Christopher Parent of Maumelle, and Shelia Dianne and Mark Fletcher of Russellville; a sister and brother-in-law, Martha Kay and Lonnie Heft of Paris; a daughter-in-law, Sherry Edwards of Dallas, Texas; five grandchildren and spouses, David McKay Powell and Erin Presley of Berea, Ky., Mary Kathryn and Doug Shropshier of Roanoke, Va., Blake McKay Edwards of San Clemente, Calif., Elissa and Brian Romines of Dallas, Texas, and John and Brooke Fletcher of Russellville; and eight great-grandchildren.

A private graveside service for the family, will be held in Rest Haven Memorial Park in Russellville with military honors, with the Rev. Greg Sykes officiating and under the direction of Shinn Funeral Service of Russellville. Memorials may be made to the Arkansas Baptist Children’s Home, 10 Remington Drive, Little Rock, Ark. 72204. The online obituary and guestbook are available at www.shinnfuneral.com.