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Lemuel Travis Ward Jr.

Birth	:	19 Sep 1896 Crisfield, Somerset County, Maryland, USA
Death	:	28 Aug 1984 Crisfield, Somerset County, Maryland, USA
Burial	:	Sunny Ridge Memorial Park, Crisfield, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.0177994, -75.8178024
Description	:	Lem Ward, Famed Wildfowl Carver, Buried On Friday Funeral services for Lemuel (Lem) T. Ward of Crisfield, who won national acclaim for his lifelike wildfowl carvings, were held Friday, August 31st at Asbury United Methodist Church. He died of congestive heart failure Tuesday, August 28th at McCready Memorial Hospital. He would have been 88 years old September 19th. The Rev. Howard P. Ketterman, Sr. conducted the service assisted by the Rev. Berry McCready. Bearers were Jack Schroder, Roger Lent, Bowser Jones, Leo Lawson, Oliver Lawson, Charlie Bounds, Carl Tyler and Brice Tyler. Honorary bearers were from the Ward Foundation. Interment was in Sunnyridge Memorial... Read More	Lem Ward, Famed Wildfowl Carver, Buried On Friday Funeral services for Lemuel (Lem) T. Ward of Crisfield, who won national acclaim for his lifelike wildfowl carvings, were held Friday, August 31st at Asbury United Methodist Church. He died of congestive heart failure Tuesday, August 28th at McCready Memorial Hospital. He would have been 88 years old September 19th. The Rev. Howard P. Ketterman, Sr. conducted the service assisted by the Rev. Berry McCready. Bearers were Jack Schroder, Roger Lent, Bowser Jones, Leo Lawson, Oliver Lawson, Charlie Bounds, Carl Tyler and Brice Tyler. Honorary bearers were from the Ward Foundation. Interment was in Sunnyridge Memorial Park. Arrangements were handled by the Sterling-Hinman Funeral Home. He was a son of the late Lemuel Travis Ward and Laura Jane Sparrow Ward. A brother, Stephen Ward died in 1976 at the age of 81. He is survived by a daughter, Ida Linton, and two grandchildren. His wife, Thelma Coulbourne Ward, died in 1966. A living legend in his time, Lem Ward and his late brother Steve, were natural-born artists in their field, and so exact and meticulously done was their work that their services were sought by lovers of wildlife art the nation over. The two brothers started carving "hunting stools" in 1918 in their father's barbershop while waiting for customers. Over the years the two produced more than 25,000 decoys and decorative birds they called "counterfeits." The same painstaking work went into each decoy they made in their early days as did in the work they did in later years in making smaller replicas for ornament and display purposes. In the late 30's as duck and goose hunters became fewer, the brothers went into full time production of decorative replicas of wildfowl. These productions were objects of art, so natural in appearance, except for size, they were hard to distinguish from the live birds. Feathers and paint blended into a graceful, lifelike bird. Working as a team, Steve excelled in carving while Lem was a master at painting. Their excellent work encouraged hundreds, possible thousands of hobbyists to turn to wildfowl carving. The Ward Brothers won prize after prize. Finally, in 1948, at the Grand Central Palace in New York City, they won the National Decoy Contest and the accompanying acclaim for every item they entered in the contest. There was only one other winner and that was for one item that had not been submitted by the two brothers. The Ward Brothers were considered to be the masters of their trade and the best in the country in their particular field. In 1968 the Ward Brothers Foundation was organized in Salisbury, as a non-profit educational organization with the primary purpose of creating and maintaining a memorial to Lem and Steve Ward and to other persons deemed to be outstanding in the field of wildlife carving, and to perpetuate the memory of such outstanding persons. The Crisfield Times, September 5, 1984 pg.1

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Lemuel Travis Ward Jr.'s memorial is located at: Sunny Ridge Memorial Park, Crisfield, Somerset County, USA.
When did Lemuel Travis Ward Jr. death?
Lemuel Travis Ward Jr. death on 28 Aug 1984 in Crisfield, Somerset County, Maryland, USA
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Latitude: 38.0177994
Longitude: -75.8178024

Family Members:

Parent

Lemuel Travis Ward Sr.

(1863 - 1926)

Laura Ida Sparrow Ward

(1861 - 1933)

Spouse

Thelma G. Coulbourne Ward

(1903 - 1966)

Siblings

Bertie Ann Ward Sterling

(1890 - 1970)

Nancy Ward Revelle

(1892 - 1979)

Stephen Wesley “Steve” Ward

(1895 - 1976)

Children

Ida Ward Linton

(1921 - 2010)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Sunny Ridge Memorial Park
Crisfield, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0177994, -75.8178024

2. Saint Peter's Cemetery
Crisfield, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0169000, -75.8206000

3. Hopewell Church Cemetery
Hopewell, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0116330, -75.8164300

4. Hopewell Cemetery
Hopewell, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0116400, -75.8162500

5. Stevenson Homestead Cemetery
Hopewell, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0221200, -75.8081800

6. Daugherty Family Plot
Daugherty Town, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0146320, -75.8359790

7. Cox Family Cemetery
Hopewell, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9990000, -75.8120060

8. Thomas Evans Cemetery
Crisfield, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0156630, -75.8441200

9. Noah Ward Cemetery
Daugherty Town, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0073460, -75.8433360

10. Coulbourne Family Cemetery
Marion Station, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0380000, -75.8011667

11. Nelson Family Cemetery
Crisfield, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9915080, -75.8274930

12. Somerset Memorial Veterans Cemetery
Crisfield, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9905910, -75.8221237

13. Mariners Cemetery
Crisfield, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9897003, -75.8308029

14. Saint Paul's Cemetery
Marion Station, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0158920, -75.7727600

15. John Wesley Cemetery
Marion Station, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0184593, -75.7723698

16. American Legion Cemetery
Crisfield, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9833200, -75.8448700

17. Crisfield Cemetery
Crisfield, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9835230, -75.8459740

18. Isaac Lawson Cemetery
Lawsonia, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9745930, -75.8226510

19. Brinkley Cemetery
Marion Station, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0534270, -75.7861040

20. Asbury Cemetery
Crisfield, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9748240, -75.8347100

21. Sterling Plot
Lawsonia, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9728760, -75.8321510

22. Dixon Family Cemetery
Marion Station, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0557900, -75.7832900

23. Union Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
Crisfield, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9729100, -75.8344600

24. Capt Samuel Tull Burial Site
Tulls Corner, Somerset County, USA
Coordinate: 38.0112515, -75.7574190