Married May 8, 1937∼Lois Marie Ward of Sheridan, Arkansas passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at the age of 93. She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Georgia Clement Wood; her husband, Bill Arthur Ward; her son, Charles Ward; three older brothers, Otha, Dolton, and Lewis and an infant sister.
Mrs. Ward was born September 20, 1919 at a community called Gum Springs in Cleveland County where her father worked at a sawmill and her mother ran a boarding house. Her parents later bought a farm in Grapevine and built a three-bedroom house, which was a big house in those days. When Lois Marie was old enough to go to school she walked with her brothers 3 miles through the woods to a two-room schoolhouse. The schools consolidated in the 1930's and in 1931 they attended a new brick schoolhouse on Highway 35 across the highway from Grapevine Cemetery and they also had a school bus to ride
Lois Marie was a member of Lost Creek Missionary Baptist Church and the Faith Sunday School Class.
Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, June 17, 2013 Burial will follow at Clement Cemetery
Mrs. Ward was born September 20, 1919 at a community called Gum Springs in Cleveland County where her father worked at a sawmill and her mother ran a boarding house. Her parents later bought a farm in Grapevine and built a three-bedroom house, which was a big house in those days. When Lois Marie was old enough to go to school she walked with her brothers 3 miles through the woods to a two-room schoolhouse. The schools consolidated in the 1930's and in 1931 they attended a new brick schoolhouse on Highway 35 across the highway from Grapevine Cemetery and they also had a school bus to ride
Lois Marie was a member of Lost Creek Missionary Baptist Church and the Faith Sunday School Class.
Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, June 17, 2013 Burial will follow at Clement Cemetery
Married May 8, 1937∼Lois Marie Ward of Sheridan, Arkansas passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at the age of 93. She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Georgia Clement Wood; her husband, Bill Arthur Ward; her son, Charles Ward; three older brothers, Otha, Dolton, and Lewis and an infant sister.
Mrs. Ward was born September 20, 1919 at a community called Gum Springs in Cleveland County where her father worked at a sawmill and her mother ran a boarding house. Her parents later bought a farm in Grapevine and built a three-bedroom house, which was a big house in those days. When Lois Marie was old enough to go to school she walked with her brothers 3 miles through the woods to a two-room schoolhouse. The schools consolidated in the 1930's and in 1931 they attended a new brick schoolhouse on Highway 35 across the highway from Grapevine Cemetery and they also had a school bus to ride
Lois Marie was a member of Lost Creek Missionary Baptist Church and the Faith Sunday School Class.
Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, June 17, 2013 Burial will follow at Clement Cemetery
Mrs. Ward was born September 20, 1919 at a community called Gum Springs in Cleveland County where her father worked at a sawmill and her mother ran a boarding house. Her parents later bought a farm in Grapevine and built a three-bedroom house, which was a big house in those days. When Lois Marie was old enough to go to school she walked with her brothers 3 miles through the woods to a two-room schoolhouse. The schools consolidated in the 1930's and in 1931 they attended a new brick schoolhouse on Highway 35 across the highway from Grapevine Cemetery and they also had a school bus to ride
Lois Marie was a member of Lost Creek Missionary Baptist Church and the Faith Sunday School Class.
Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, June 17, 2013 Burial will follow at Clement Cemetery
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