ellen katherine (smitherman) ward
SUGAR GROVE Mrs. Ellen Katherine
Smitherman Ward, 81, of Rt. 1 Sugar Grove, died Friday night. Funeral
services will be con- ducted at 11 a.m. Monday at Kelly Memorial Chapel
by the Rev. James R. Tester and the Rev. Gilbert Ward. The body will
lie in state from 10 to 11 a.m. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery.
Mrs. Ward is survived by her husband, John Wiley Ward of Rt. 1 Sugar Grove; four daughters, Mrs. Vann Farthing of Rt. 1 Vilas, Ms. Claudia Vonella of Oakhurst, N.J., Mrs. C.M. Shore of Boone, and Mrs. Jim Alf- paugh of Cleveland, Ohio; four sons, Lee W. Ward of Granite Falls, Howard Ward of Memphis, Tenn., Donald Ward of Knoxville, Tenn., and Gene Ward of Sugar Grove; 26 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends at Rein-Sturdivant Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Rein-Sturdivant Funeral Directors of Boone are in charge.
Mrs. Ward is survived by her husband, John Wiley Ward of Rt. 1 Sugar Grove; four daughters, Mrs. Vann Farthing of Rt. 1 Vilas, Ms. Claudia Vonella of Oakhurst, N.J., Mrs. C.M. Shore of Boone, and Mrs. Jim Alf- paugh of Cleveland, Ohio; four sons, Lee W. Ward of Granite Falls, Howard Ward of Memphis, Tenn., Donald Ward of Knoxville, Tenn., and Gene Ward of Sugar Grove; 26 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends at Rein-Sturdivant Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Rein-Sturdivant Funeral Directors of Boone are in charge.