Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ward, William T., 1953 

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William T. Ward Dies From Accident 

  William Thomas Ward, 25-year-old Isle of Wight County resident, was killed 
in a non-collision auomobile accident near Suffolk on Friday night. 

  Ward was driving alone, accordng to State Trooper A.C. Chezik, on Route 32, 
south of Suffolk near Nurney's Siding, when the car left the road and went 
down an embankment just south of a bridge he had just crossed.  The car was 
said to be a total loss. 

  The young man was a son of Mrs. Lucille Ward Crumpler, of Carrollton and the 
late Mr. Ward.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Doris Edwards Ward of Isle of 
Wight Courthouse; four sisters, Mrs. Lena May Johnson of Baltimore; Mrs. 
Juanita Mann, of Carrollton; Mrs. Elsie Murdell Edwards of Isle of Wight 
County, and Mrs. Philip L. Jones of Fort Worth, Texas; and three brothers, 
Hardy E. and J.B. Ward of Carrollton, and J.C. Ward of Hampton. 

  Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Benn's 
Methodist Church near Smithfield. 

  Services were conducted by the Rev. E.B. Dean.  Burial was in the Church 
cemetery. 


William Thomas WARD, farmer, 
b. 16 Nov 1927, Gates Co., NC, 
killed in wreck 18 Sep 1953, near Nurney's Siding, 
interred in St. Luke's Memorial Park*, Benns Church, 21 Sep 1953, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 36, No. 16, Thurs., Sep. 24, 1953, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #18: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #188788771. 

His mother, Lucille (WARD WARD; Mrs. Howard Swanson) CRUMPLER (1899 - 1989), 
   is also buried there. 

D.Cert. 21705 (Suffolk #308) 

His father, Joel Baker WARD (1900 - 1934), is buried in the William D. WARD 
   family cemetery, Gates Co., NC. 

His widow 2m. Alvah Collins PERRY, 19 Mar 1954 (IoW.Co. #30); they div. 
   She 3m. Carl Lee DEES, 15 Jun 1963 in Portsmouth; they div. in 1975. 
   She 4m. Alvah Collins PERRY, 1978 in Pasquotank Co., NC. 

Her parents, George Washington & Cora Lee (GRIGGS) EDWARDS, are buried in 
   Woodland Methodist Church Cemetery.  {IWCHS GSSTF #24} 


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