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president Dan Lunsford.
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passed away in October 2007,
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enhance Madison County’s educa-
tional system, its government and
its health services. Those efforts
have a ripple effect that improved
conditions for Mars Hill College
employees and for many of its stu-
dents.”
He coached track and basketball
from 1947 to 1959 for the Lions
until leaving to become principal
at Marshall High School. The ma-
jority of his career was spent as su-
perintendent of Madison County
Schools.
The effects of Bob Edwards are still felt today more than two
Edwards’ tenure as superinten- years after his death.
dent of Madison County Schools
oversaw enormous changes in the
work together in promoting the with him, but if you could respect
school system. The school system
welfare of the community,” he said. each other’s position, then you were
peacefully integrated during his
Due to the generosity shown by fine, and you just moved on.”
tenure, and under his leadership,
Bob and Louise Edwards, Mars Hill Expressions of gratitude from
the five high schools of Madison
Baptist Church was able to renovate people his father had coached and
County consolidated into one - the
its aging fellowship hall. Although mentored through the years became
present-day Madison High School.
Bob never saw the completed reno- something of a common occurrence
Not long a f ter his ret irement a s su-
vation, the church dedicated the for the Edwards family, according
perintendent in 1989, Edwards was
Bob and Louise Edwards Fellow- to son Ken Edwards. “I can re-
inducted into the Mars Hill College
ship Hall in October of this year. member going on vacations, going
Athletics Hall of Fame, with an an-
“He was just a super person,” Jus- to conferences with him. It seemed
nouncement in the MHC Emphasis
tus said. “And in some ways, he was that wherever we went, people
Magazine which touted the honor-
like a father figure to me. He taught would come up and call him coach
ees’ “significant contributions to the
me something that has been a valu- and talk about how beneficial his
intercollegiate athletics program of
able lesson for me, that it was ok if mentorship had been in their lives.”
the college.”
you disagreed with him. It didn’t
According to Rev. Tommy Justus,
bother him for people to disagree This special to the Tribune.
pastor of Mars Hill Baptist Church,
Edwards saw the church, the college
and the public schools as intercon-
nected entities that should work
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of Madison County. “Bob loved the
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public schools, the church, and the
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