Phillip Edwards

Phillip Mansfield Edwards passed away August 14, 2020, doing what he loved best, riding his motorcycle with his friends. Phillip was born October 7, 1969 at Eglin AFB, Florida to Max Mansfield and Saundra Knight Edwards.

Phillip was a 1987 graduate of Gladewater High School in Gladewater, Texas and a 1989 graduate of the FAA academy in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was retired from a career he loved with the FAA as an air traffic controller. In the final years of his career he was valued as a trainer for the next generation of controllers.

Phillip had a larger than life personality that made each person that met him feel like they had instantly made a friend. His childlike way of embracing life was reflected in his passion for the joys that he embraced so completely. He enjoyed many hobbies including gaming and his cats, but mostly racing and working on motorcycles. He had recently learned the art of doing body work and painting the bikes that he and his friends loved and refused to accept payment for doing so. He is remembered by his many friends as highly intelligent, loyal, funny, and selfless. He is remembered by his family as all this as well as stubborn, sarcastic, bossy, opinionated, cat obsessed, and generous.

Phillip leaves behind his beloved wife and the love of his life, Jamie Booze Edwards, of Arlington, adored pets Mr. Fuzzy Britches and Simon, mother Saundra Knight Edwards of Gladewater, mother in law Shirley Booze of Fincastle, Virginia, sisters and brother in laws, Gayla and Max Hart of Gladewater, Kelly Edwards of Gladewater, Emily and Gary Mayfield of Longview, brother in law and sister in law Glenn and Tammy Thomas of Selma, Virginia, and many close friends. He was preceded in death by his father Max Edwards, father in law James Booze, and sister Melinda McKnight. Phillip will be missed by his many nieces and nephews to whom he was the “cool uncle”.

A memorial will be held Friday August 21, 2020, at 2:00 pm at the Moore Bowen Funeral Home on South Bowen St in Arlington. The memorial will also be live streamed on Facebook Live through the funeral home. In lieu of flowers the family would appreciate donations to the National Leiomyosarcoma Foundation, a charity about which Phillip was passionate after the recent loss of his sister, Melinda.