Florence- Mary D. Edmunds of Florence and formerly of the Spring Branch Community of Nichols, passed away Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at McLeod Hospice House. Born in Abbeville, South Carolina on May 13, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Floyd and Bessie Darby. After graduating from Winthrop College with a Bachelor of Arts in Education, Mrs. Edmunds began a long and fulfilling teaching career. She retired in 1984 after teaching English, French, Biology, and Social Studies for 39 years. Over the span of her teaching career, she taught at Iva High School, Mullins High School, McClenaghan High School, Rains High School, and Floyds High School. She concluded her career at Green Sea Floyds High School. Mrs. Edmunds was a member of Macedonia United Methodist Church in Mullins for most of her life. She later attended Spring Branch Baptist Church after she and her late husband, Cope, moved to the Spring Branch Community. She became a member of Highland Park United Methodist Church when she moved to Florence to be near her son and his family. Mrs. Edmunds was predeceased in addition to her parents, by her husband, James Cope Edmunds and her siblings, Helen Pease, Doris Hutto, and William (Earle) Darby. She is survived by a son, Andy (Tonda) Edmunds of Florence and her grandchildren, Andrew and Shannon Edmunds of Florence. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 6, 2013 at Spring Branch Baptist Church Cemetery in Nichols directed by Meares Funeral Home of Mullins. The family will receive friends at the cemetery following the service. The family suggests that memorials be made to Spring Branch Baptist Church, 6710 Church Loop, Nichols, S.C. 29581 or Asbury Hills United Methodist Camp, 150 Asbury Drive, Cleveland, S.C. 29635. A message of condolence for the family may be left at mearesfh.com.