Richard William Edmonds passed away Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008, in Baton Rouge. Visiting at St. James Episcopal Church on Friday, Dec. 26, from 9 a.m. until religious service at 11 a.m. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is survived by two sons, Justin Scott Edmonds and Clayton Ross Edmonds; two daughters, Jeannie Edmonds Ripple and Catherine Stirling Edmonds; grandchildren, Genevieve Scott Edmonds, Avery Millet Edmonds, Aubrey Mae Edmonds, Hudson Edward Ripple and Landon Michael Ripple; parents, Walter Raymond Edmonds Jr. and Sarah Goff Edmonds; and two brothers, Walter Raymond Edmonds III and Louis Todd Edmonds. Arrangements by Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St.