MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Bonnie Pittman Ward, 20 Mar 2001 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mitchell News Journal www.mitchellnews.com/ ==================================================================== BONNIE PITTMAN WARD ELIZABETHTON, TN – Bonnie P. Ward, 93, formerly of Spruce Pine, died Tuesday, March 20, 2001. She was the daughter of the late John and Bertie Burleson Pittman, and wife of the late A. Ward. She was also preceded in death by sisters, Pearl Biddix and Lorene Buchanan, and brothers, Earl, Mack and Lee Pittman. She was a charter member of Berry Chapel Baptist Church. Survivors include her daughter, Louise McKinney of Elizabethton; a son, Lane Ward of Elizabethton and Spruce Pine; sisters, Ruth Minnish of Marion, Mable Mace of Weaverville, and Bell Pittman and Mary Buchanan, both of Spruce Pine; four grandchildren; and six great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Grindstaff Memorial Chapel of Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine. Burial was in Berry Chapel Cemetery. The family received friends from 6 p.m. until the service hour at the funeral home.