Mrs. Nancy R. Ward

Mrs. Nancy Katherine Reed Ward, well known and beloved
citizen of Paintsville, died Wednesday morning in the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Paul B. Hall, on Euclid Ave, following
an illness of several months caused by a stroke which left her
whole left side paralyzed.

Funeral services will held at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning at
the United Baptist Church on Second street, The Rev. FF Rigsby
officiating. Internment will follow in the family cemetery at Concord.

She was a Johnson County Native and well and favorably known
throughout this area where she was affectionately known as "Aunt
Kate." She observed her 84th birthday anniversary Aug 11 at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Hall, on Euclid Avenue, where she resided
the last two years.

In the early part of the 19th century the Reed family from which
Mrs. Ward is descended, came from North Carolina and settled on
Reed Branch in Johnson County. A daughter of the late William and
Lydia Rice Reed

Mrs. Ward was born in this county during the Civil War and made this
her home her entire life. While still a young woman she was married
to Ashley Ward of Oil Springs on Nov 16, 1889. They became parents
of several children.

At the age of twenty-three she was converted and made a decision to
walk from that time in the way of the Lord. She has kept her faith
through all these years.
,br> Recently "Aunt Kate" suffered a stroke which left the entire left side
of her body paralyzed. In addition to Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Ward is survived
by two other daughters, Mrs. Della Peters and Mrs. Della Fraim, both of
Paintsville; one son Dewey Ward, of Louisville: a brother George Reed
of Oil Springs and eight grandchildren.

Submitted by: Betty Music Daniel