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Mary Evah Gentry Ward

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Birth	:	23 Mar 1909 Grayson County, Virginia, USA
Death	:	30 Jul 1993 Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Independence Cemetery, Independence, Grayson County, USA
Coordinate	:	36.6231660, -81.1546420
Description	:	Daughter of John Letcher Gentry & Lydia Ella Copenhaver _________________________ 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... Read More	Daughter of John Letcher Gentry & Lydia Ella Copenhaver _________________________ 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. Roanoke Times, The (VA) - Sunday, August 1, 1993

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Mary Evah Gentry Ward's memorial is located at: Independence Cemetery, Independence, Grayson County, USA.
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Mary Evah Gentry Ward death on 30 Jul 1993 in Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia, USA
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Latitude: 36.6231660
Longitude: -81.1546420

Family Members:

Parent

John Letcher Gentry

(1881 - 1948)

Lydia Ella Copenhaver Gentry

(1880 - 1955)

Spouse

Fred M Ward

(1910 - 1973)

Siblings

Euna Faye Gentry Campbell

(1904 - 1979)

William Max Gentry

(1906 - 1977)

Zoe Zella Gentry

(1915 - 1999)

Children

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Coordinate: 36.6231660, -81.1546420

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Coordinate: 36.6430000, -81.1400000

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Coordinate: 36.5960000, -81.1547900

16. Isaac Boyer Cemetery
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17. Hall Cemetery
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Coordinate: 36.6285830, -81.1168500

18. Elliott Cemetery
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Coordinate: 36.5947810, -81.1373240

19. Chestnut Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 36.6506430, -81.1335430

20. Alexander D. Osborne Cemetery
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Coordinate: 36.6119140, -81.1931400

21. Old Bethel Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 36.5949010, -81.1312190

22. Gilham Cemetery
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Coordinate: 36.5907860, -81.1720840

23. Hardin Cox Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 36.5932380, -81.1790320

24. Cox Cemetery
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