Lloyd Andrew Edwards was born March 25, 1941 to the late Rodney and Doris Edwards. He was born in the city of Kingston, Jamaica and at an early age he went on to live with his grandfather Charles Edwards and grandma Clementine. In those early years, he attended Elleston Government School in the area of Bray Street off Winward Road where he was living.
After a time his parents moved from Kingston to St. Andrew Red Hills where they resided at Kirkland Heights. Not very long after, Lloyd joined his parents at Kirkland Heights. Lloyd taught his sister Christmas Carols and songs he learned at Sunday school. He was an ardent Christian, attending the Methodist church at White Hill. He studied at the Red Hill elementary school and he graduated from to Windsor High School in Kingston.
After successfully obtaining his senior Cambridge certificate, he then applied to Bellevue Hospital where he was employed as a nurse. Lloyd then went on to live in Kingston residing with a family friend by the name of Mother Dear. While working at the hospital, he met his best friend who they called sparrow. Through this friend he would later meet Uldah Wollery. This union produced his only child, Ruby Edwards Thompson.
In 1968, with his mother there to see him off at the airport, Lloyd migrated to the United States where he resided in Connecticut and later moved to Boston, Massachusetts. During this time, his daughter Ruby was only three years old. There he was employed at the Boston Medical Hospital where he continued to work as a nurse. In 1969 March 20 his mother passed and he returned back to Jamaica. While in the states, Lloyd was the first disc jockey to introduce reggae rhythm to Boston and his DJ name was "Dr. Soul."
As time went by he became a member of the Jehovah Witness Church where he visited different places in his travels with his church group to minister of the gospel. Lloyd was a loving caring brother and even helped his sister and her husband migrate to the United States.
Lloyd was preceded in death by his mother and father. He is survived by his only child Ruby who cared for him post retirement after he developed Alzheimer’s. His last years were spent in Atlanta and then to Florida where Ruby and her husband took good care of him until he passed.
He leaves behind his daughter Ruby, son in law Mark seven grandchildren Chantel, Shanice, Sherona, Shanella, David, JTand Shemar, three great grandchildren Imani, Laylaand Alayna, and six brothers and sisters Audrey, Ransfod, Charles aka Fisher, Vivan, Curline and Diana aka Miss D, and many more nieces and nephews, families and friends.
Public visitation for Lloyd Andrew Edwards will take place on Friday, January 14, 2022 from 1:30pm-2:00pm which will be followed by his funeral service beginning promptly at 2:00pm all of which will be held at Stone Brothers Funeral Home in Fort Pierce, FL. Burial will immediately follow in Riverview Memorial Park.
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