While employed with Viking he enjoyed the first class aviation department that he was able to help develop. Several years after retirement from Supervalu and still having a strong desire to stay in the skies, he was employed by Viking Range as a Corporate Jet Pilot.

Not only did he enjoy flying with SuperValu but he treasured his countless friendship he made during his career. His great desire for flying was further fueled when he was hired by the Lewis Grocer Company now known as SuperValu as a pilot and eventually becoming Chief Pilot. Sparking his love of aviation, he moved to Greenwood, MS to work for Barnes Archer Aviation. Shortly after they were married, he joined the Air Force and moved to Little Rock Arkansas.

After graduation from Riverside Military Academy, he married the love of his life, Sylvia. David was born to the late Frank and Lucille Edwards in Nashville North Carolina on November 7, 1935. David and Sylvia are survived by their children, Melanie Lishman and her husband Bobby of Slidell, Louisiana and Mitch Edwards and his wife Mary of Carrollton, Mississippi her four grandchildren, Laura Lishman Novak, Leslie Lishman Zimmerman, Katie Brooke Lishman and Mallory Elizabeth Edwards and their four great-grandchildren, Makenzie and Alyssa Novak, and Tyler and Brody Zimmerman. Their devotion to their family and firm belief in God supported them through their health struggles and ultimately peace. David Mitchell Edwards, 79, and Sylvia Gretchen Strum Edwards, 77, returned to their heavenly home on Octoand November 2, 2015.

On Location by Sylvia Edwards