Edward Franklin McBride Jr., 46, of Nashville passed from this life Thursday, Jan. 4, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Edward was born Friday, Dec. 10, 1971 in Warren, Mich., and was the son of Katherine Blass McBride and the late Edward McBride. Edward is survived by his daughter, Vannessa McBride, two sons, Ian McBride and Briar Ward, granddaughter, Jazzlynn Gudger, mother Katherine McBride, four brothers Kenneth McBride, Wayne Blackwell, Tom Myers and Frank McBride, two sisters, Lin McBride and Patsy Howitt, uncle and aunt, Robert and Barbara Wetzel, several nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.