MITCHELL – Edna Mae York, 83, passed away Friday, October 4, 2024, at I.U. Health Paoli Hospital.
Born February 16, 1941, in Tompkinsville, Kentucky, she was the daughter of Lorenzo Dow and Leatha Jane (McCauley) Emberton. She married Carlos Irvin York on October 17, 1957, and they were married for almost 67 years.
Edna owned Edna’s Pizza and served the Lawrence County community for 32 years. She was a member of Green River Baptist Church in Kentucky where she was baptized.
Survivors include her husband, Carlos York of Mitchell; children, Barbara Sue York of Mitchell, Linda Kay Brown of Mitchell, and Michael Irvin (Elaine) York of Palmyra; grandchildren, Tygr (Ace) Northup, Christopher Michael (Trinka) York, Isaac (Sanna) Brown, and Sarah Beth; and sister, Hazel Bell of Crawfordsville.
Her parents; a child in infancy; and siblings, Ellis Emberton, Dow Emberton, Evie Shoopman, William Emberton, Ruby
Green, Bertie Cardwell, and Mary Doyle Emberton, preceded her in death.
Funeral service will be at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 9, in the Memorial Chapel of Chastain Funeral Home & Cremation Center with Pastor Deb Doyle officiating. Burial will be at Mitchell Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. until the service on Wednesday at the funeral home.
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