Jacqueline "Jackie" Craft Edwards

Jacqueline (Jackie) Craft Edwards, age 86, of Auburn, Alabama passed away on July 27, 2025.  She was born on January 4, 1939, to the late L. T. Craft and Mary Eunice Sego Craft.

Funeral service will be held on Friday, August 1, 2025, at 3:00 pm at Jeffcoat – Trant Funeral Home, Opelika, with Dr. Rusty Sowell officiating.  Visitation will be from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm, prior to the service.  Burial will follow at Mt. Olive Cemetery, Opelika.

Jackie was a graduate of Tuskegee High School.  She worked alongside her husband in construction and logging for many years.  Once her children graduated from school, she worked for Auburn University at the RBD Library in the Circulation Department for 27 years.  Her family and two children were her whole world.  Jackie enjoyed cooking, baking, sewing, and traveling to the mountains.

Jackie is survived by her daughter, Teleeda Edwards of Auburn; daughter-in-law, Diane Martin Edwards of Beulah; sister, Lonnie Lucy (James) of Wetumpka and many nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Irvin Edwards; son, Wade Edwards; sisters, Joyce Kyser and Sue Lindsey.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial gifts be made to Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 201 Lee Road 741, Opelika, AL 36804, or Children’s of Alabama Hospital, Birmingham, AL, childrensal.org/foundation.