07/01/2022
Edwin Garber Needham obituary
Edwin Garber Needham, was born August 22, 1933, at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte to the Reverend Eugene Warren and Antoinette Hauser Needham, during his father’s appointment to Weddington Methodist Church. Attended by his wife, caring neighbors and friends, Edwin died at his family home in the Vienna community on Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Edwin was a graduate of Cliffside High School, High Point College and Duke Divinity School. Reverend Needham actively served under appointment at United Methodist churches for forty years, and continued serving the church subsequent to his retirement in 1998. Edwin was appointed to Union United Methodist Church in Lewisville for twenty-two years.
On August 22, 1963, Edwin married Wanda Kate Carnes at The Memorial Chapel located on the Lake Junaluska United Methodist Assembly Grounds.
The Funeral Service will be held at Brookstown United Methodist Church on Sunday, July 3, at 3:00 p.m. Burial will follow in the Brookstown cemetery. Visitation, beginning at 2:15 p.m. will precede the funeral service, and continue with a reception in the church fellowship hall immediately following the burial.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be directed to Union United Methodist Church, 8935 Shallowford Rd., Lewisville, NC 27023; Brookstown United Methodist Church, 6274 Yadkinville Rd., Pfafftown, NC 27040; and Office of External Relations, Duke Divinity School, Box 90966, Durham, NC 27708, Attn: Needham-Hauser Scholarship Fund.
Condolences may be made online at www.salemfh.com.
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