AL Radio: Crash Injures Gospel Host Jerry Wayne Edgil, Kills Wife

Caroline Cunningham Edgil, wife of prominent WBTG 106.3 FM radio personality in Sheffild, AL, Jerry Wayne Edgil, died on her way to the hospital from injuries she sustained in a wreck last Friday night.

Jerry is in critical condition at a Huntsville Hospital as a result of the crash, according to singingnews.com.

In addition to his radio work at WBTG, Edgil pastors a Baptist church.

One of the people who assisted at the scene was Greg Beasley, a fellow pastor and a friend of the Edgils.

"I just happened to run up on (the accident)," said Beasley, who also is a state trooper chaplain. He and another chaplain went to Russellville Hospital where Caroline Edgil spoke with one of her daughters before the daughter left to make the drive to Huntsville and check on Jerry Edgil. The Edgils have two daughters and a son.

Beasley said Caroline Edgil had some health problems lately and used a wheelchair but was well enough to attend a concert featuring the renowned Southern gospel quartet The Kingsmen in Cornith, Miss. on Thursday night.

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