EDGEFIELD, S. C. – Mrs. Endia Simpkins Yeldell, 84, of Hwy 25 N., entered into rest April 7, 2013. Funeral service will be held 2:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, 2013 at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Oscar W. Brown officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Yeldell, a native of Barnwell county was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church where she served one the Ushers Ministry, Senior Choir Ministry, Beautification Club and the MSY Gospel Choir. She was also a midwife and she loved cooking.

Survivors include three daughters, Myrdis Sheppard, Marjorie Bibbs, Edgefield, SC and Rosa (Marin J.) Moreno, Anderson, SC; two sons, Henry Hayward (Barbara) Yeldell, Edgefield, SC and Harold (Shauna) Yeldell, Kenneth Square, PA; a sister, Amanda Glanton, Graniteville, SC; adopted +relatives and friends.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. G. L. Brightharp & Sons Mortuary, 250 Coral Street, Edgefield.