MARY JANE WARD
1894-1970
Mary Jane Ward, a 76-year-old former Paintsville resident, died
December 8 in a local hospital after suffering a brief illness.
Born in Magoffin County to the late Preston Rowe and Beth E. Howard,
she was married to the now deceased Ballard Ward.
Survivors include three sons, Clark Ward of Waverly, Ohio, and Claude
and Lester Ward of Reed City, Mich.; six daughters, Gurtha Hamilton
of Weahter Ford, Texas, Cinda Murray from Ripley, Ohio, Fannie Jones,
Hattie Curtis and Prudie Brackett of Paintsville and Hester Nunley
from Huntington, Ind., as well as a sister in Ashland, Mrs. Hattie
Hunter.
Services were held in the Vine street Enterprise Baptist Church on
December 11, with Homer Evans and John F. Ratliff officiating.
Burial followed in the family cemetery at Paintsville.
The Jones-Preston Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Paintsville Herald
Wednesday
December 16, 1970
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