Leon Edwards, owner of Birmingham’s Edwards Chevrolet, dead at 89
Updated Jan 18, 2021;
Posted Jan 18, 2021
Leon Edwards, pictured here in 2011, was the son of the founder of Edwards Chevrolet in Birmingham. (Joe Songer)
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His family is planning a private funeral service.
Edwards led Edwards Chevrolet, the dealership founded by his father Sterling Edwards in 1916.
’ This is just a building. It’s the people who make the difference and have kept us in business so long,’ Edwards said in an 2011 interview inside the downtown location at 1400 Third Ave. N., on the dealership’s 95th anniversary.
Three generations of Edwards Chevrolet are pictured in this 2011 photo - Leon Edwards, his son, Lee Edwards (glasses), and grandson, Lee Edwards III at the downtown dealership, sitting in a 1916 Four Ninety. (The Birmingham News/Joe Songer).bn