Funeral services for Bro. Edward ‘Eddie’ Erwin, 72, of Winnsboro, will be held on Friday, June 4, 2021 at 2:00 PM in the sanctuary of Jigger Apostolic Church with Bro. Mike Hall, Bro. Lindeal Greer, and Bro. Hurby Hitt officiating. Interment will be in Jigger Garden of Memories under the direction of Young’s Community Memorial Funeral Home.
Eddie was born on July 24, 1948 in Jigger to the union of Whit Erwin and Olivia Perry Erwin. He served his country as a United States Marine from 1968 until 1970 as a forward observer with an infantry company during the Vietnam War. After returning from the service in 1970, he married the love of his life with whom he spent almost 51 years and raised four highly successful and great looking children.
In 1976 he was baptized into the Church of Christ and became a vigilant servant of the Lord. Soon, he became a preacher and a teacher of scriptures, eventually ordained as an elder in the Jigger Church of Christ. He spent the majority of his life working for the Lord with everything that he had.
He passed from this life on May 31, 2021 at his home in Jigger surrounded by his wife and children. He is preceded in death by his parents, Whit and Olivia Erwin; and brothers Richard Erwin, John Wallace Erwin, and Ernest DeVille Erwin.
Survivors left to cherish his memory are his wife, Judy Erwin; sons, Whit Erwin and wife Mary, Morrell Erwin and wife Victoria, and Jeremiah Erwin and wife Shayla; daughter, Roxanne Erwin; brothers, Leland Erwin and wife Wanda and Bruce Erwin and wife Ronnie; sisters, Beverly Chambers and husband Don and Pam Mahoney and husband Darren; grandchildren, Amanda Vaden, Jacob Erwin, Autumn Bailey, Emma Claire Erwin, Alexander Erwin, Grayson Hayes Erwin, and Charly Olivia Erwin; and great-grandsons, Preston Vaden, Harrison Vaden, and Hugo Vaden. He also leaves behind a host of nieces, nephews, family, and friends.
Pallbearers will be Brady Jones, Micah Wilcher, Jacob Erwin, Greg Tabor, Kyle LeBlanc, and Ryan Hitt. Honorary pallbearers will be Brad Cliett, David Wilcher, Levi Minchew, and Shane Mock.