May 1, 1907 – June 23, 2002

Married: Boone Edwards, Walter Brown

Child: Thomas A. Edwards

3 Grandchildren

4 Great-Grandchildren

7 Great-Great-Grandchildren

Mrs. Vicie was the daughter of Tom T. Jones of the Norene community in Wilson County. Her business training began at an early age as she helped her parents grind corn at their grist mill for feed for many area farmers. They also made and sold straw brooms.

She attended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and was the first woman in the state of Tennessee to be educated on how to do blood work on poultry. In 1938 she bought her first incubators and began hatching eggs. In 1941 she founded Edwards Feeds, Hatchery, and Supply. The business was expanded to the current location in 1954. This family business was continued by her and her son, Thomas, for almost 50 years and is now owned and operated by her grandson, Tim Edwards.

Early on in the business, she traveled the county to sex the flocks of local farmers. She was able to sex a chicken just by looking at them. Mrs. Vicie kept a close eye on accounts at the store well into her eighties and was one of the first women to own a business in Wilson County.