Delia Edel

MRS. JULIUS EDEL.

Mrs. Julius Edel, nee Miss Delia Myers: Was born at Hot Springs. Virginia. She is a sister to the late Herman Myers, Mayor of Savanah who was very highly thought of in Georgia. She received her education both at Lynchburg and Savanah High Schools. After graduation, she studied music and German at the New York Conservatory of Music.

She was married at Lynchburg, in 1883, and has three children; Miss Elfreda, Albert, and Herman. She has done a great deal for the Jewish community of Richmond, along many lines. She is treasurer, of the local section, Council of Jewish Women; she helped inaugurate settlement work in the city; she takes the time to find out the weak links in the Jewish social organization and then directs her efforts to remedy conditions. Mrs. Edel is a member of the Daughters of the Confederacv.

-- "Jews of Richmond," The Reform Advocate, March 8, 1913