Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - Saturday, December 13, 2003
Margaret Rountree Ward, 91, formerly of the 1500 block of Middle Swamp Road, died Dec. 11, 2003, in Nansemond Pointe Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Suffolk.
Mrs. Ward was born in Gates County, N.C. and was one of seven children of the late Dorsey and Nettie Corbitt Rountree. For more than 60 years, she was an active member of Eureka Baptist Church where she had been a choir member and had taught Sunday school. She had served in leadership capacities in the Corapeake Extension Homemakers Club, the Gates County Council of Extension Homemakers Clubs and the NC Homemakers Association. A member of the Holly Rebekah Lodge of the Rebekah Assembly, International Order of Oddfellows of NC, she had served as district president and as president of the Rebekah Assembly of NC.
Mrs. Ward was instrumental in organizing the Gates County Unit of the American Cancer Society and served as state director and president of the local chapter for a number of years. She had been a member of the Democratic Party since 1933 and for a number of years served as precinct vice-chairman and later as precinct chairman.
Preceded in death by her husband, Walter Aleck Ward Sr. and her son, John Atwood Ward, she is survived by her children, son, Walter A. Ward Jr. and wife Etheleen of Chesapeake, daughter, Frances Ward Brooks and husband William and son, Thomas A. Ward and wife Betty, all of Raleigh; her daughter-in-law, Annie Marie Ward of Suffolk; 10 grandchildren, Michelle Ward Bunch, Walter A. Ward III, William M. Brooks Jr., Robert W. Brooks, Amanda Brooks Carson, Elizabeth T. Brooks, John A. Ward II, Beth Ward Langston, Thomas Alan Ward Jr. and David A. Ward; and 10 great-grandchildren.
A funeral will be held Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in Eureka Baptist Church by the Rev. Cameron Currin. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Friends may join the family today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Miller Funeral Home, Gatesville. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad or to the building fund of Eureka Baptist Church.
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Margaret Rountree Ward, 91, formerly of the 1500 block of Middle Swamp Road, died Dec. 11, 2003, in Nansemond Pointe Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Suffolk.
Mrs. Ward was born in Gates County, N.C. and was one of seven children of the late Dorsey and Nettie Corbitt Rountree. For more than 60 years, she was an active member of Eureka Baptist Church where she had been a choir member and had taught Sunday school. She had served in leadership capacities in the Corapeake Extension Homemakers Club, the Gates County Council of Extension Homemakers Clubs and the NC Homemakers Association. A member of the Holly Rebekah Lodge of the Rebekah Assembly, International Order of Oddfellows of NC, she had served as district president and as president of the Rebekah Assembly of NC.
Mrs. Ward was instrumental in organizing the Gates County Unit of the American Cancer Society and served as state director and president of the local chapter for a number of years. She had been a member of the Democratic Party since 1933 and for a number of years served as precinct vice-chairman and later as precinct chairman.
Preceded in death by her husband, Walter Aleck Ward Sr. and her son, John Atwood Ward, she is survived by her children, son, Walter A. Ward Jr. and wife Etheleen of Chesapeake, daughter, Frances Ward Brooks and husband William and son, Thomas A. Ward and wife Betty, all of Raleigh; her daughter-in-law, Annie Marie Ward of Suffolk; 10 grandchildren, Michelle Ward Bunch, Walter A. Ward III, William M. Brooks Jr., Robert W. Brooks, Amanda Brooks Carson, Elizabeth T. Brooks, John A. Ward II, Beth Ward Langston, Thomas Alan Ward Jr. and David A. Ward; and 10 great-grandchildren.
A funeral will be held Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in Eureka Baptist Church by the Rev. Cameron Currin. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Friends may join the family today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Miller Funeral Home, Gatesville. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad or to the building fund of Eureka Baptist Church.
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Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - Saturday, December 13, 2003
Margaret Rountree Ward, 91, formerly of the 1500 block of Middle Swamp Road, died Dec. 11, 2003, in Nansemond Pointe Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Suffolk.
Mrs. Ward was born in Gates County, N.C. and was one of seven children of the late Dorsey and Nettie Corbitt Rountree. For more than 60 years, she was an active member of Eureka Baptist Church where she had been a choir member and had taught Sunday school. She had served in leadership capacities in the Corapeake Extension Homemakers Club, the Gates County Council of Extension Homemakers Clubs and the NC Homemakers Association. A member of the Holly Rebekah Lodge of the Rebekah Assembly, International Order of Oddfellows of NC, she had served as district president and as president of the Rebekah Assembly of NC.
Mrs. Ward was instrumental in organizing the Gates County Unit of the American Cancer Society and served as state director and president of the local chapter for a number of years. She had been a member of the Democratic Party since 1933 and for a number of years served as precinct vice-chairman and later as precinct chairman.
Preceded in death by her husband, Walter Aleck Ward Sr. and her son, John Atwood Ward, she is survived by her children, son, Walter A. Ward Jr. and wife Etheleen of Chesapeake, daughter, Frances Ward Brooks and husband William and son, Thomas A. Ward and wife Betty, all of Raleigh; her daughter-in-law, Annie Marie Ward of Suffolk; 10 grandchildren, Michelle Ward Bunch, Walter A. Ward III, William M. Brooks Jr., Robert W. Brooks, Amanda Brooks Carson, Elizabeth T. Brooks, John A. Ward II, Beth Ward Langston, Thomas Alan Ward Jr. and David A. Ward; and 10 great-grandchildren.
A funeral will be held Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in Eureka Baptist Church by the Rev. Cameron Currin. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Friends may join the family today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Miller Funeral Home, Gatesville. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad or to the building fund of Eureka Baptist Church.
Edition: FINAL
Page: B5
Copyright (c) 2003 The Virginian-Pilot
Margaret Rountree Ward, 91, formerly of the 1500 block of Middle Swamp Road, died Dec. 11, 2003, in Nansemond Pointe Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Suffolk.
Mrs. Ward was born in Gates County, N.C. and was one of seven children of the late Dorsey and Nettie Corbitt Rountree. For more than 60 years, she was an active member of Eureka Baptist Church where she had been a choir member and had taught Sunday school. She had served in leadership capacities in the Corapeake Extension Homemakers Club, the Gates County Council of Extension Homemakers Clubs and the NC Homemakers Association. A member of the Holly Rebekah Lodge of the Rebekah Assembly, International Order of Oddfellows of NC, she had served as district president and as president of the Rebekah Assembly of NC.
Mrs. Ward was instrumental in organizing the Gates County Unit of the American Cancer Society and served as state director and president of the local chapter for a number of years. She had been a member of the Democratic Party since 1933 and for a number of years served as precinct vice-chairman and later as precinct chairman.
Preceded in death by her husband, Walter Aleck Ward Sr. and her son, John Atwood Ward, she is survived by her children, son, Walter A. Ward Jr. and wife Etheleen of Chesapeake, daughter, Frances Ward Brooks and husband William and son, Thomas A. Ward and wife Betty, all of Raleigh; her daughter-in-law, Annie Marie Ward of Suffolk; 10 grandchildren, Michelle Ward Bunch, Walter A. Ward III, William M. Brooks Jr., Robert W. Brooks, Amanda Brooks Carson, Elizabeth T. Brooks, John A. Ward II, Beth Ward Langston, Thomas Alan Ward Jr. and David A. Ward; and 10 great-grandchildren.
A funeral will be held Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in Eureka Baptist Church by the Rev. Cameron Currin. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Friends may join the family today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Miller Funeral Home, Gatesville. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad or to the building fund of Eureka Baptist Church.
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