{"id":427467,"date":"2026-10-14T09:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T09:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/427467\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T09:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T09:40:15","slug":"community-invited-to-celebrate-the-life-of-bill-edwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/427467\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Invited to Celebrate the Life of Bill Edwards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The family and friends of William &#8220;Bill&#8221; Edwards invite the community to join them for a Celebration of Life at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 18 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/themahaffey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mahaffey Theater<\/a> in St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n<p>For those who knew Bill, it seems only fitting that the day be a true celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Family, friends, colleagues, and members of the community will come together to share stories, memories, and plenty of laughter as they remember a man who lived life on his own terms and made an unmistakable impact on St. Petersburg and the Tampa Bay region.<\/p>\n<p>Bill was known as a businessman, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and supporter of the arts, but to those closest to him, he was also a friend, mentor, partner, loyal husband, and loving father, and someone who believed deeply in his community and its people.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, his influence could be felt across business, entertainment, charitable causes, and the arts. The Mahaffey Theater was especially meaningful to Bill, making it a fitting place for the community to gather, remember him, and celebrate the many chapters of his life.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than a traditional memorial, the afternoon will reflect Bill&#8217;s personality and spirit: heartfelt, lively, and filled with the stories that made him unforgettable.<\/p>\n<p>The community is invited to attend and celebrate a life that was full, generous, and truly one of a kind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The family and friends of William &#8220;Bill&#8221; Edwards invite the community to join them for a Celebration of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-427467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}