THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, August 4, 1996 TAG: 9608040021
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B6 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH LENGTH: 24 lines
Billie Leslie Ward, 81, of the 500 block of Mount Vernon Ave., died Friday, Aug. 2, 1996, in Maryview Hospital.
A native of Gates County, N.C., Mr. Ward retired from Hardee Realty Corp. He was a member of Collinswood Baptist Church. He was the son of the late Jeff R. Ward and the late Levina Casper Ward.
Survivors include his wife, Hazel S. Ward; two daughters, Gloria Moore of Sunbury, N.C., Lynn Stephenson of Portsmouth; eight sons, Joe Ward, Robert Ward, Stewart ``Bill'' Ward, all of Portsmouth, Carroll Ward of Chesapeake, Charles Ward of Blackshear, Ga., Norvin Ward of Aulander, N.C., Ronnie Ward of Sarasota, Fla., Glynn Ward of Germany; a sister, Bessie Hollomon of Ahoskie, N.C.; a brother, Samuel Ward of Ahoskie; 27 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by a son, John Royce Ward.
A funeral will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. today in Collinswood Baptist Church by the Rev. Jack W. Stallings. Burial will be in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to Collinswood Baptist Church.
KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB