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- Mr. Mike Ward, 91, of 523 Flat Springs Road, Elk Park, died Sunday, Dec. 7, 2003, at Cannon Memorial Hospital in Linville.
He was born Sept. 2, 1913, in Beech Mtn., Avery County, to the late James Monroe and Zona Mills Ward.
Mr. Ward was a retired farmer and a member of Beech Mtn. Regular Baptist Church.
Survivors include four sons, Ray Ward and wife, Lucille; Dennis Ward and wife, Kate; Elbert Ward and wife, Sally; and J.D. Ward and wife, Eileen, all of Elk Park; three daughters, Velma Gragg and husband, Cubie, of Elk Park; Mrs. Reba Church and Shirley Miller and husband, Eddie, all of Butler, Tenn. He is also survived by 19 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Eula Stines Ward; one son, Grady Ward; four sisters, Jane Greene, Grace Harmon, Ann Oaks and Eliza Stines; and five brothers, Dayton Ward, Ronda Ward, George Ward, Tom Ward and Raleigh Ward.
Services were conducted Tuesday night at 8 p.m. at Hampton Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by the Rev. Eric Cornett and Mr. Keith Church.
Graveside services and burial were conducted Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. at the Ward Cemetery in Elk Park.
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1913 - 2003 (90 years)
