She founded the Halifax County Garden Club and served as its president. She led home tours. In 2015, the Halifax County Historical Society republished two of her books.[5]
She was a descendant of Pocahontas.[6][7] She knew and wrote about John Powell.[6] She married Richard Cole Edmunds.[8][5] Richard Cole Edmunds Jr. was her son and she had two daughters.[9]
^ abHalifax County Historical Society has republished two of Pocahontas Wight Edmunds’ books: “The Pocahontas — John Smith Story” and “Land of Sand — Legends of the North Carolina Coast.