Obituary of Edith T. Ward
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Edith Dorothy Tester Ward, age 85, of Ray Brown Road, Boone, died Saturday morning, July 18, 2009 at her home. She was born September 9, 1923 in Watauga County, a daughter of Jake Robert and Mary Elizabeth Ward Tester. Mrs. Ward was a member of the First Christian Church of Boone.
She is survived by; two sons, Jake Ward and wife Sue, of Elk Park, and Jimmy Ward and wife, Pam, of Boone; five daughters, Dorothy Ward and husband, Kenneth, Brenda Cornett and husband, Dale, and Rita Ward, all of Boone, Jeannie Stines and husband, Wade, and Cathy Oaks and husband, Dennis, all of Banner Elk. Twenty-two grandchildren, twenty-nine great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, and a number of nieces and nephews also survive.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ivan Ward, three sons, Ivan Junior Ward, Bobby Ray Ward and Mack Donald Ward, her parents, and two sisters and three brothers.
Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon, July 22, 2009, at 2 o'clock at the Austin & Barnes Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by Rev. Nathan Ward. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Blowing Rock.
The family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 6 until 7:30 at Austin & Barnes.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com.
Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Ward family.