Edna C. Saunders

Edna Capell Saunders, 86, formerly of Henderson, NC died Friday, August 12, 2022 in Wake Forest, NC.

Born in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Claude Columbus Capell and Lillian Weaver Capell. She was the widow of William Andrew Saunders.

She was a member of South Henderson Pentecostal Holiness Church.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at Sossamon Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Frank Sossamon and Rev. Don Capell. Burial will follow at Sunset Gardens.

Surviving are three daughters, Angela Darlene Saunders, Andrea Jean Moon (Michael) and Aletha Saunders (Dwight Carithers); two sisters, Shelvery Howard and Yvonne Stover, two brothers, Rev. Don (Millie) Capell and Claude Capell; grandchildren, Robert (Lyndi) Faulkner, Benton Miller, Laura (Jeff) Favitta, Andrea Hennigan, Jonathan Franklin and Bryan (Alyssa) Austin and nine great-grandchildren.  Along with her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a sister, Peggy Elizabeth Capell.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday, from 10:00 –11:00 a.m., at Sossamon Funeral Home.

Serving as pallbearers will be Benton Miller, Bryan Austin, Jonathan Franklin, Michael Moon, Jeff Favitta and Dwight Carithers.

Arrangements are by Sossamon Funeral Home.  Online condolences may be made at www.sossamonfuneralhome.com.