Maude Edge Brannen came to life Monday night as she entertained the Bulloch County Historical Society during its 38th Annual Meeting at Statesboro Primitive Baptist Church. Of course, it was not the real Maude Brannen Edge. The daughter of Statesboro’s first Mayor, Lonnie Brannen, passed away some time ago, but Carol Thompson, assistant director of Georgia Southern University’s Performing Arts Center, exuded the very essence of what Edge was known for being — a genteel, soft-spoken but authoritative Southern woman with a vast memory and a mind filled with knowledge.