F. Eugene "Gene" Edmondson

Benson: Mr. Floyd Eugene "Gene" Edmondson, age 69, of 430 Dogeye Road, died Friday at Rex Healthcare in Raleigh.  Funeral services will be 2:00PM Monday at Bright Funeral Home in Wake Forest. Pastor Eddie White will officiate. Burial will follow in Pine Forest Memorial Gardens. Mr. Edmondson was born September 28, 1945 in Edgecombe County to the late Ernest Dean and Irene Davis Edmondson. He was the owner and operator of E&E Landscape and Lawn. Surviving are wife, Darlene House Edmondson; sons, Jerry Bales and Terry Bales, both of Bailey, and Charlie Grimes of Jacksonville, NC; brothers, Milton Edmondson of Chesterfield, VA, and Tom Edmondson of Cary; God Parents, Cliff Raynor and Carol Horton; several grandchildren; and several nieces & nephews. Family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Benson from 6:00PM to 8:00PM Sunday.