Walter Aleck Ward Sr.

M, #801, b. Sep 27, 1912, d. Nov 25, 1990
Pedigree
ChartsRountree Descendants Chart
Father*Aleck Samuel Ward b. Nov 18, 1881, d. Nov 27, 1913
Mother*Frances Amanda Knight b. Sep 30, 1889, d. Aug 7, 1964

Family

Margaret Emily Rountree b. Oct 13, 1912, d. Dec 11, 2003
Children

Chronological Events

Birth*Sep 27, 1912 Walter Aleck Ward Sr. was born on Sep 27, 1912 at Chowan County, North Carolina, United States. 
 He was the son of Aleck Samuel Ward and Frances Amanda Knight. 
Marriage*Dec 19, 1931 Walter Aleck Ward Sr. married Margaret Emily Rountree, daughter of Dorsey Sanderlin Rountree and Ambronetta Corbitt, on Dec 19, 1931.1 
Death*Nov 25, 1990 Walter Aleck Ward Sr. died on Nov 25, 1990, at age 78 at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, City of Norfolk, Virginia, United States.2 
ObituaryNov 27, 1990  OBITUARY: Walter Aleck Ward, 78, of Route 1, a retired farmer, died Nov. 25, 1990, in a Suffolk nursing home.

Mr. Ward, a native of Chowan County, was a member of Eureka Baptist Church. He was a member of Holly Grove Lodge 12, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and had served twice as grand master of the North Carolina I.O.O.F. He was a former member of Sunbury Ruritan Club.

Survivors include his wife, Margaret Rountree Ward; a daughter, Frances Brooks of Raleigh; three sons, Walter A. Ward Jr. of Chesapeake, John A. Ward of Sunbury and Thomas A. Ward of Raleigh; and 10 grandchildren.

The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Eureka Baptist Church by the Rev. Hines Adams and the Rev. Floyd Enzor. Burial with Odd Fellows rites will be in the church cemetery. Friends may join the family from 7 to 9 p.m. today in Miller Funeral Home, Gatesville.

Memorial donations may be made to the Gates County Rescue Squad.

Published in The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) - Tuesday, November 27, 1990.3
 
Burial*Nov 28, 1990 He was buried on Nov 28, 1990 at Eureka Baptist Church Cemetery, Corapeake, Gates County, North Carolina, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 93484366.4

Citations

  1. [S740] Personal Knowledge - McKown, Malcolm K., online at e-mail address.
  2. [S737] Personal Knowledge - McKown, Carolyn Euler.
  3. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  4. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves.