Edmond Marshall Sealand IV

Coleman Funeral Home of Southaven Edmond Marshall Sealand, IV, went to be with his Lord in Southaven, MS, on April 23, 2024, the day following his 95th birthday. He was born on April 22, 1929 in Knoxville, TN, to Edmund Marshall Sealand III and Mary Katherine Clarke Sealand. Edmond (or “Mr. Ed” as his Sunday School class at Broadway Baptist referred to him) graduated from Knoxville High School, now known as Historic Knoxville High, in 1948. He did college course work at Lamar State College of Technology and at the University of Texas. He proudly served his country in the United States Navy from 1948-1952 and is a Korean War Veteran. Most of his service was on a Destroyer, the U.S.S. Meredith DD 890. After his service, he became a commercial pilot and earned his A&P license. He married the love of his life, Judith (Judy) Carolyn Campbell on November 30, 1963 in Beaumont, Texas, where their daughter Debra ‘Kaye’ Sealand was born. For thirty years, including eleven years with Brown and Root, Inc., Ed performed various duties and work in the Mechanical Field. His various responsibilities included supervision of crews and responsibility for their training, heavy equipment, automatic controls, hydraulics, aircraft airframe and power plant mechanics. The family moved to Tyler, TX in 1971 where they lived and served. While in Texas, Ed was very active in Lone Star Wing of the Commemorative Air Force volunteering in the restoration and preservation of World War II aircrafts. Ed and Judy moved to Missouri in 2000, following their daughter and granddaughters move there earlier that year. After Judy passed, the family moved to Mississippi in 2022 where the granddaughters and great-grandchildren resided. Of all the awards and honors he received during his lifetime, his greatest and most treasured award, was his salvation from his sins that he received at a Billy Graham Crusade in Washington, D.C. in February 1952. He proved his love for his Lord Jesus Christ by his many years of service to the church in various capacities, including service as a deacon. He is preceded in death by his wife Judy. He is survived by his daughter and son-in law Kaye and Joseph Ransom. His granddaughters, April (with husband Michael Ragsdale and their five children) and Katie Blackburn, all residing in Southaven, Mississippi. Ed will be interned alongside Judy at the Springfield Veterans Cemetery on Tuesday, May 28th at 9:00 a.m. located at 5201 S Southwood Road, Springfield, MO, 65804 with full military honors. Expressions of condolences may be left on his Tribute Wall at www.colemanfuneralhome.com.

Edmond Marshall Sealand IV

April 22, 1929 - April 23, 2024

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