Surry-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Harward, Rev. William D., 1939 

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DR. WILLIAM DANIEL HARWARD

HARWARD RITES WEDN'SDAY AT 2 

Widely Known Christian Minister Succumbs To Long Affliction 

  Dendron, Oct. 3. - (Special) - Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 
p.m. for the Rev. W.D. Harvard, D.D., 68, for 40 years a widely known minister 
of the Christian church, who died at his home yesterday. 

  Final rites will be conducted at the Dendron Christian church by the Rev. 
I.W. Johnson, D.D., the Rev. G.F. Wright and the Rev. B.H. Watkins.  Burial 
will be at Antioch Christian church cemetery. 

  Dr. Harward had retired from active ministerial duties because of ill 
health.  He had served charges in Norfolk, Portsmouth and Windsor during his 
long ministry.  It was while serving the Windsor church that he was stricken 
by paralysis, contributing cause of his health. 

  A native of Durham, N.C., Dr. Harward was graduated from Elon College and 
the University of North Carolina.  Upon his entry into the ministry of the 
Christian church, he joined the Eastern Virginia Conference, in which he 
served his entire ministry. 

  Dr. Harward is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mollie Barrett Harward; a son, W. 
Eugene Harward of Washington; a sister-in-law, Mrs. D.J. Bowden, of Norfolk, 
and two grandchildren. 

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Rites Held Yesterday for Retired Clergyman

  DENDRON - Funeral services for Dr. William Daniel Harward, 69, retired 
clergyman, who died Monday at his residence here, were held at 2 p.m. 
Wednesday in the Dendron Christian Church with burial in the family plot at 
Antioch Christian Church near Windsor. 

  Dr. Harward was a native of Durham, N.C., was a son of the late George and 
Margaret Mooring Harward. 

  He was educated at Elon College and the University of North Carolina.  He 
served in North Carolina and Virginia Conferences of the Christian Church for 
over 40 years, having held nine different pastorates including Youngsville, 
N.C., Petersburg, Wakefield, Norfolk, Newport News, Portsmouth, Windsor and 
Dendron in Virginia and Madrid, Iowa.  He is a past president of the Eastern 
Virginia Christian Conference. 

  Dr. Harward was stricken with paralysis in the pulpit at Antioch, the first 
Sunday in January, 1927, and has been in feeble health since that time. 

  He had spent 14 years in Dendron, 12 years as pastor of the local Christian 
church. 

  Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Mollie Barrett Harward; one son, W. Eugene 
Harward of Washington, D.C; two grandchildren, Virginia and Billy Harward of 
Washington; three nieces and nephews in Durham, N.C., and one nephew in 
Winston-Salem, N.C. 

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DR. W.D. HARWARD 
DIES IN DENDRON 

  The Rev. W.D. Harward, D.D., aged 71, for 40 years a widely known minister 
in the Christian Church, died at his home in Dendron, Monday.  He had been in 
ill health for several years. 

  Dr. Harward had served several charges in Norfolk, Portsmouth and Windsor, 
and it was while he was in Windsor that he was stricken with paralysis that 
contributed to his death. 

   He was a native of Durham, N.C., and was a graduate of Elon College and 
the University of North Carolina.  He was a member of the Eastern Virginia 
Christian Conference, and was highly regarded by the various churches he 
served. 

   Dr. Harward is survived by his wife, Mollie Barrett Harward; one son, W. 
Eugene Harward, of Washington; a sister-in-law, Mrs. D.J. Bowden, of Norfolk, 
and two grandchildren. 

   Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Dendron 
Christian Church by the Rev. I.W. Johnson, D.D., the Rev. G.F. Wright, and the 
Rev. B.H. Watkins.  Burial was in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery. 

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DR. W.D. HARWARD 
DIES IN DENDRON 

   Rev. W.D. Harward, D.D., aged 71, for 40 years a widely known minister in 
the Christian Church, died at his home in Dendron, Monday.  He had been in ill 
health for several years. 

   Dr. Harward had served several charges in Norfolk, Portsmouth and Windsor, 
and it was while he was in Windsor that he was stricken with paralysis that 
contributed to his death. 

   He was a native of Durham, N.C., and was a graduate of Elon College and 
the University of North Carolina.  He was a member of the Eastern Virginia 
Christian Conference, and was highly regarded by the various churches he 
served. 

   Dr. Harward is survived by his wife, Mollie Barrett Harward; one son, W. 
Eugene Harward, of Washington; a sister-in-law, Mrs. D.J. Bowden, of Norfolk, 
and grandchildren. 

   Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Dendron 
Christian Church by the Rev. I.W. Johnson, D.D., the Rev. G.F. Wright, and the 
Rev. B.H. Watkins.  Burial was in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery. 


Rev. William Daniel HARWARD, D.D., retired Christian minister, 
b. 7 Dec 1870, Durham, Durham Co., NC, d. 9 Oct 1939, at home, Dendron, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 11 Oct 1939, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 17, No. 164, Tues., Oct. 3, 1939, p. 1; 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Thurs., Oct. 5, 1939, p. 7; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 20, No. 27, Thurs., Oct. 5, 1939, p. 1; 
"Weekly News" (Windsor, VA), Wed., Oct. 11, 1939 

*Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104676319. 

His widow's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Smithfield Times," Mar. 1962) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/h663m1ob.txt 

His parents, George W. & Margaret H. (MOORING) HARWARD, are buried in 
   O'Kelly Chapel Cemetery, Chatham Co., NC. 


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