The Rt. Rev. Herbert D. Edmondson, 80, retired Bishop of Jamaica and retired Assistant Bishop of Central Florida, died April 7, following a long illness.

Bishop Edmondson was born in Whitehall District, Jamaica, the West Indies. He did undergraduate and theological training in England. He is also a graduate of Union Theological Seminary and Trinity Seminary. He was ordained deacon in 1949, priest in 1950 and consecrated bishop in 1971. He served the church in Jamaica, 1949-60; as vicar of St. Mary's, Pleasantville, NJ, 1962-71; as Suffragan Bishop of Jamaica 1972-76 and as diocesan 1976-80. After is first retirement, he was bishop-in-charge of St. Timothy's, Daytona Beach, FL 1980-86. Bishop Edmondson is survived by his wife, Lou, four children, 10 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.