Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, August 1, 1993 TAG: 9308030297
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: D-3 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: WYTHEVILLE LENGTH: Medium
OBIT WARD, EVAH GENTRY
WARD, Evah Gentry, 84, of Wytheville, died Friday, July 30, 1993 in the
Birdmont Health Care Center. She was born in Grayson County, the daughter of
the late John L. and Lydia Ella Copenhaver Gentry. She received her B. S.
degree from Radford University and taught elementary school in the Wythe
County School system for many years. She was a member of St. Paul United
Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday School and was a member of the
Church Circle. She was also a Charter member of the Pre-school Committee. She
was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy; the Daughters of the
American Revolution and a member of the Retired Teacher's Association. She was
preceded in death by her husband, Fred M. Ward, two sisters, Euna Faye
Campbell, Nancy Thelma Crotts, and a brother, William Max Gentry. She is
survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, John and Judy Ward, Wytheville,
Bill and Flora Ward, Vancouver, Wash.; six grandchildren, John Wells Ward II,
Jacqueline Lee Ward, Jerry Ward, Heather Ward, Melinda Hardin, Cindy Ward; two
sisters, Vere Findley, Zoe Gentry, both of Wytheville; one sister-in-law,
Dorothy Ward, Independence. Funeral services will be held Monday, August 2,
1993, ll a.m. at St. Paul United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. Charles
Burnett and the Rev. Henry Horton officiating. Interment will follow in the
Independence Cemetery at 1 p.m. The family will receive friends at the Barnett
Funeral Home from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday or at the residence of John and Judy Ward
at any time. The family suggests that those who prefer may make memorials to
the St. Paul United Methodist Church Building Fund. Barnette Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements.
by CNB