Edna Middleton Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

EDNA LEOLA CLINTON MIDDLETON was born in McClellanville, South Carolina on September 20, 1918, the tenth birthday of her brother Henry Clinton. She was the daughter of Rev. Joseph Cornelius Clinton and Martha Wilson Clinton. She was the granddaughter of Kate Wilson and Prince Wilson, who served as a soldier in the Union Army with the United States Colored Troops during the Civil War. Edna began school in McClellanville where she attended the Lincoln Graded S Carolina from which she graduated in 1938. In 1943, she married John Marion Middleton, a classmate from the Avery Normal Institute. They had four children, two sons and two daughters. Her earliest religious life was at Bethel A.M.E. Church in McClellanville, South Carolina, which her father, Rev. Joseph Clinton, formerly pastored. Her family later moved to Charleston, South Carolina, where she was associated with (Mother) Emanuel A.M.E. Church. There she was a member of the Senior Sunday School Class and the Junior Choir. After moving to Portsmouth, Virginia, she joined the historic Emanuel A.M.E.Church, founded in 1772, which was a stop on the Underground Railroad. She was a member of the Chancel Choir. In 1964, she moved to Baltimore, Maryland and was associated with Trinity A.M.E. Church. She later joined Bethel A.M.E. Church under Rev. John Bryant. At the advice of a cousin, Dr. William Jenkins, Edna had her African ancestry tested following her 100th birthday. Her test results indicated shared genetic ancestry with the Fula People of Guinea-Bissau, the Mende and Tembe People of Sierra Leone, and the Mandinka People of Senegal. She is survived by her sons, Henry J. Middleton (Barbara White Middleton) and John Earl Middleton; and daughters, Sherrilyn E. Moore and Emma L. Middleton; grandsons, H. Lamonte Middleton and Carl Franklin Moore,

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Edna Middleton

September 20, 1918 - March 15, 2021