Obituary of Mary L. Ward
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Mrs. Mary Lee Love Ward, age 71, of John Banner Road, Vilas, passed away Monday morning, September 29, 2014 at her home. Born July 24, 1943 in Watauga County she was a daughter of the late Ed and Flora South Love. She was a homemaker and a craft maker.
She is survived by her husband Billy Ward, four daughters; Wanda Gobble and husband Don of Vilas, Ivy Jean Hollins and husband Richard and Elizabeth Faye Newcomb all of Hudson, and Bertha Louise Ward Spradling of Lenoir, and one son, Billy Joe Ward and wife Linda of Sugar Grove, eleven grandchildren, and a number of great grandchildren and three brothers, James Love and wife Isabella of Deep Gap, Noah Love and wife Susie of Morganton, and David Love and wife Anna Belle of Fleetwood. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by several siblings.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Love Ward will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Austin & Barnes Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating
will be Rev. Noah Love. Burial will follow in the Cove Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday afternoon from 1 o'clock until 2 o'clock at Austin & Barnes Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the family in care of Austin & Barnes Funeral Home.
Online condolences may be shared with the Ward family at austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com
Austin & Barnes Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Ward family.