Vickie Lynn Edwards-Hood

Vickie Lynn Edwards-Hood was born June 25, 1957 to the late Wilburn and Lucy Edwards in Atlanta, GA. The family later moved to the suburbs to a loving community known as ‘Poole Creek’. She departed this life on Saturday, June 8, 2024. Vickie graduated from Walter F. George High School and attended Georgia State University where she majored in journalism. She loved school and in addition to being a cheerleader she was on the school yearbook staff. She loved school so much that she would conduct class for her nephews after she checked their homework so they would be ahead on all their class work. Vickie had a vivid imitation and could come up with some quite unique projects that she expected her sisters to implement. She enjoyed working with the public starting with her first real job as a cashier at K-Mart. Later Vickie worked in telephone sales at Pepsi Cola. When Vickie worked for DeKalb County Food Stamp Administration, she worked tirelessly for her clients to help them in any way possible. While working in Fulton County she was given the opportunity to implement a program created to teach soon to be divorced parents and their children how to problem solve in their new family dynamics. She loved hosting the classes even though they were time-consuming and sometimes emotionally draining. By far Vickie’s favorite job was the one she held last, serving as an administrator for Judge Constance Russell. Vickie loved the judicial process and seeing it up close was exciting. Vickie created her own little profession of sorts with her gift wrapping, she loved wrapping gifts for family and friends. Her gifts were wrapped so beautifully that you didn’t want to unwrap them. She was a news junky and consumed lots of daily news programs and podcasts to make sure she was on top of what was going on all around the world. Vickie was a people magnet and she collected friends from every job she had and brought them home to be part of her growing family. Vickie loved her family most especially those five little grandchildren that called her Jolie (later shortened to call her JoJo). Vickie spread her love of games and puzzles to her grandchildren to help build their critical thinking. She spent countless hours working on projects to teach these special little people. During the pandemic she held water parties in the front yard and worked with them to make gift baskets to pass out to neighbors. Vickie, like her mother, thought it was important to teach children how to give and not just how to receive. Vickie had a wonderful sense of humor and her mind worked fast to respond to any situation quickly, she was well loved. Vickie’s brother George Thomas Hammond and nephew Sheldon (Mark) Pace preceded her in death. She is survived by sisters, Wilhelmina Edwards, Vernetta Edwards and Donna Edwards; brother Wilburn Edwards III; daughter Brittany Thomas, son Eston Hood Jr.; granddaughters Kamryn Patrick and Bailey Thomas, grandsons Jerhett McClure, Ellis Thomas and Eston Hood III and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and special friends.

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Vickie Lynn Edwards-Hood

June 25, 1957 - June 8, 2024