MRS. SEBERN WARD (1947?) Pope County, Arkansas Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Kim McQuain, great grand- daughter. E-mail ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ This is the obituary of my great grandmother. It does not contain a death date, but I have confirmed her birth date from an old family bible as being Feb. 16, 1858. I believe this to have been published in a Russellville paper sometime in 1947. Mrs. Sebern Ward, 89 Dies at Hartford Mrs. Sebern Ward, 89, a native of Mayflower and formerly of Russellville, died Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. B. Goates, at South Hartford. The body will be brought to Russellville for funeral and burial Friday, 2 p.m. at the Walnut Grove cemetery near Hector. The Rev. Andrew Tackett will officiate. Mrs. Ward, who was formerly Miss Mary Jane Keadle, is survived by three other daughters, Mrs. John Petty, Paragould, Mrs. Valley Thompson, New Orleans, and Mrs. Peter Hemmer, Russellville; one son, William Ward of Morrilton; 22 grandchildren and 43 great grandchildren. (My mother was dau. of William Ward.) ************************************************************************