Edward Briscoe

EDWARD BRISCOE, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS "GIGI" AND "ROG," WAS BORN ON APRIL 15, 1931, TO THE LATE ALEXANDER AND MARIE GRAY BRISCOE IN THE HEART OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. RAISED IN A LOVING HOME, EDWARD WAS EDUCATED IN THE BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SYSTEM, WHERE HE BEGAN TO FORM THE VALUES OF INTEGRITY, KINDNESS, AND DEDICATION THAT WOULD DEFINE HIS LIFE. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, EDWARD ENTERED THE WORKFORCE WITH QUIET DETERMINATION, BEGINNING AT CLOVERLAND DAIRY BEFORE SPENDING MANY YEARS SERVING HIS COMMUNITY THROUGH THE BALTIMORE CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY. A MAN OF STRONG WORK ETHIC AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT, EDWARD NEVER MISSED A DAY OF WORK-A REMARKABLE FEAT THAT EARNED HIM RECOGNITION FOR PERFECT ATTENDANCE, A TESTAMENT TO HIS SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND PRIDE IN ALL HE DID. BUT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PART OF EDWARD'S JOURNEY BEGAN IN HIS OWN NEIGHBORHOOD OF SANDTOWN-WINCHESTER, WHERE HE MET THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, DELORES. THEIR BOND WAS IMMEDIATE AND UNBREAKABLE. ON DECEMBER 7, 1952, THEY WERE UNITED IN HOLY MATRIMONY, BEGINNING A LOVE STORY THAT WOULD SPAN AN EXTRAORDINARY SEVENTY THREE YEARS. EDWARD AND DELORES WERE MORE THAN HUSBAND AND WIFE-THEY WERE BEST FRIENDS, PARTNERS, AND SOULMATES. TOGETHER, THEY TRAVELED, LAUGHED, AND BUILT A LIFE FULL OF CHERISHED TRADITIONS. WHETHER IT WAS A SPONTANEOUS TRIP TO HILTON HEAD OR BREAKFAST DATES AT IHOP, THEY FOUND JOY IN THE SIMPLEST OF MOMENTS. EDWARD TOOK GREAT PLEASURE IN SHARING HIS FAVORITE MEALS-ESPECIALLY HIS FAMOUS CRAB SALAD AND BELOVED MARYLAND CRAB CAKES-WITH DELORES BY HIS SIDE. THEIR MARRIAGE WAS FULL OF WARMTH, LAUGHTER, AND UNWAVERING DEVOTION, AND IT STOOD AS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF LOVE AND COMMITMENT TO ALL WHO KNEW THEM. EDWARD SHARED A DEEPLY SPECIAL BOND WITH HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW, THE LATE ALICE W. QUEEN, WHOM HE CHERISHED LIKE A SECOND MOTHER. THE ADMIRATION HE HAD FOR HER WAS PROFOUND, AND THEIR CONNECTION ONLY DEEPENED THE LOVE HE SHARED WITH DELORES. ABOVE ALL ELSE, EDWARD WAS A FAMILY MAN. HIS GREATEST JOY CAME FROM BEING SURROUNDED BY THOSE HE LOVED. HE WAS A PROUD FATHER, GRANDFATHER, AND GREAT GRANDFATHER, ALWAYS PRESENT AT GAMES, BIRTHDAYS, HOLIDAYS, AND EVERY MILESTONE IN BETWEEN. WHETHER HE WAS SHOOTING HOOPS WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN, CRACKING JOKES TO LIGHT UP A ROOM, DANCING AT FAMILY PARTIES, OR PLACING A LUCKY BET AT PIMLICO, EDWARD BROUGHT LAUGHTER AND JOY WHEREVER HE WENT. HIS PLAYFUL SPIRIT AND WARM HEART MADE HIM THE LIFE OF EVERY GATHERING, AND HIS LEGACY OF LOVE WILL LIVE ON IN THE COUNTLESS MEMORIES HE CREATED WITH HIS FAMILY. ON JUNE 23, 2025, EDWARD PEACEFULLY ANSWERED GOD'S CALL HOME. THOUGH HE HAS DEPARTED THIS EARTHLY LIFE, THE LOVE HE GAVE, THE LESSONS HE TAUGHT, AND THE EXAMPLE HE SET WILL LIVE ON FOREVER IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO WERE BLESSED TO KNOW HIM. HE LEAVES BEN HIS BELOVED WIFE AND LIFELONG PARTNER, DELORES: HIS FOUR DEVOTED CHILDREN, MICHELLE (MARVIN), MICHAEL, LESLIE (WILLIAM), AND TRACY (PHIL) TWO LOVING SISTERS, RUTH AND SEAMA HIS CHERISE SISTER-IN-LAW ZIMMIE AND BROTHER-IN-LAW ALBERT (MYRA): EIGHT ADORING GRANDCHILDREN, GARY (KIA), DWAYNE, CARI, NICOLE, JAROD, QUIERA (ANTOINE), BRITNEY, AND TIFFANY AND NINE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN WHO BROUGHT ENDLESS JOY TO HIS HEART: ARIANA, CARTER, RYLEI, RIYAN, RAEGAN, KENNY, KENDAL, AMIR, AND KAI. HE IS NOW REUNITED IN ETERNAL PEACE WITH HIS PARENTS, ALEXANDER AND MARIE: HIS BROTHERS WILLIAM (BILLY), JOHN, HERMAN, AND GEORGE: HIS SISTER, ALTON: AND HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW KIM BRISCOE EDWARD'S PRESENCE WAS A BLESSING, HIS LOVE A GIFT, AND HIS MEMORY A TREASURE. HIS WAS A LIFE WELL LIVED, AND HE WILL BE MISSED BEYOND WORDS AND REMEMBERED WITH ENDLESS LOVE.

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Edward Briscoe

April 15, 1931 - June 23, 2025