Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Ward, Lucretia Ledford March 5, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Williams Kodak jkodak@charter.net March 21, 2006, 5:08 pm Mitchell News-Journal 3/15/06 LUCRETIA LEDFORD WARD BAKERSVILLE - Lucretia Ledford Ward, 91, of Cane Creek Road, died Sunday, March 5, 2006 in Spruce Pine Community Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Reuben T. and Dovie Wise Ledford, and wife of the late Howard Ward. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Mae Rathbone; four brothers, Steve, Green, Lee and Earl Ledford; and one grandchild. A member of Faith Baptist Church, she was retired from the mica processing industry. Survivors include two daughters, Cindy Buchanan of Bakersville, and Clarice Singleton of Newland; three sons, Bradley Ledford of Valdese, Albert Ward of Drexel, and Harold Ward of Bakersville; one sister, Lizzie Trantham of Nebo; one brother, Ted Ledford of Bakersville; 12 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; and four great great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Henline-Hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville. Rose Wise, Ronnie Gouge and Randy Wise officiated. Burial was at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Cane Creek Cemetery. The family received friends from 6 p.m. until the service hour Tuesday at the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mitchell/obits/w/ward159gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb