Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, September 15, 1993 TAG: 9309150272
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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OBIT WARD, ANNIE LAURIE
WARD, Annie Laurie, 84, of Roanoke, died Monday, September 13, 1993. Mrs.
Ward was a piano teacher for many years. She was a member and past president
of Roanoke Valley Chapter of the Virginia Music Teachers Association and
served as judge for the National Guild of Piano Teachers. She was a very
active member of Huntington Court United Methodist Church where she taught
Sunday School and sang in the choir. An alumni of Blackstone College in Amelia
County where she earned her Associate of Arts Degree; she also became a
certified teacher of the Dunning Course of Music. She was the widow of John
Blair Ward and is survived by her daughter, Jane Blair Ward of Richmond; her
grandsons, Justin Blair Ward, Richmond and William Bryson Buzzard of Roanoke
and Richmond; a brother, Luther Beverly Barden, Gaithersburg, Md.; three
sisters-in-law, Adelaide Barden of Richmond, Virginia Barden of Ardmore, Pa.,
and Sara Elizabeth Ward of Corpus Christi, Texas; a brother-in-law, Jeff Ward
of S.C.; also are numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. Funeral services will
be conducted at Huntington Court United Methodist Church, Roanoke noon Friday,
September 17, 1993 with Rev. Alton M. Washington officiating. Interment will
be in Evergreen Burial Park. In lieu of flowers the family suggest that
memorial donations be made to the American Heart Association or Blackstone
College Alumni Scholarship Fund or a charity of your choice. Friends may call
at Lotz Roanoke Chapel, 1001 Franklin Rd., S.W., 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. both
Wednesday and Thursday.
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