He was in the United States Army, Georgia National Guard from 1957 to 1963.
[1] Edenfield was elected to the Georgia State Senate, from Bulloch County, representing the 4th District in 1964.
He took office in January 1965, serving with South Georgia State Senator, Jimmy Carter.
On September 27, 1978, Edenfield was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia vacated by Judge Alexander Atkinson Lawrence Jr. Edenfield was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 10, 1978, and received his commission on October 11, 1978.
[1] Edenfield died May 9, 2015, aged 80, at Candler Hospital in Savannah, Georgia, from metastatic lung cancer.