Emily Rickenbacker Baynard, 70, of Downingtown, died on Friday, March 29, 2013 at the Neighborhood Hospice Center in West Chester. She was the loving wife of Edgar Baynard, Sr. with whom she shared 17 years of marriage. Born in St. Matthews, SC, she was the daughter of the late Herman and Elizabeth Sutter Noble.
Emily was employed, for 31 years, by Philco Ford Aerospace of Lansdale. She was a member of the Dixon Grove Baptist Church in Georgia.
She is survived, in addition to her husband, by one son Darius Rickenbacker and wife Kim of Norristown, four step children; LeGina Daudier, Desiree Johnson, Edgar Baynard, Jr. and Cheris Thomas, 16 grandchildren, two great grandchildren and three brothers Herman, Jr., Larry and Eddie Noble.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 11am from the Wilde Funeral Home, 434 Main St. Parkesburg with a viewing from 9 to 11am. Interment will follow later in the week at the Greenlawn Memorial Park in Columbia, SC.