William H. Ward, of Stockwell, died at the Home hospital yesterday afternoon at 12:20 p.m. He was taken ill nine days ago with appendicitis and was brought to the hospital on last Saturday. Mr. . Ward was born near Romney and was 25 years old on the 8th day of last September. He was a son of William and Susan Ward, of Stockwell, and was a blacksmith by occupation. At the beginning of the trouble in the Philippine Islands, he enlisted in Company H. Thirty-second United States voluntary infantry, with the intention of going to the islands, but was taken ill with rheumatism before the regiment left the United States and was discharged from the service. He was married on May 21, 1902, to Miss Inez Lowery, who survives with one child a little girl named Anna. Mr. Ward was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Stockwell, the Mulberry Tribe of Red Men and the Clarks Hill Camp of Modern Woodmen of America.
He was a member of the Methodist church and was a upright and honorable gentleman. He was an industrious, law abiding citizen and was held in high respect by the community. He was devoted to his family and was in every way a worthy man. The funeral will be conducted from the Methodist church in Stockwell on tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. E. V. Smith will officiate. The interment will be made in the Stockwell cemetery and will be under the auspices of the Odd Fellows. The following gentlemen, brothers-in-law of the deceased, will act as pall bearers: Charles Little, Roscoe Baer, William Lowery, Joseph Loveless, James Rayburn and Alfred Little.
William H. Ward, of Stockwell, died at the Home hospital yesterday afternoon at 12:20 p.m. He was taken ill nine days ago with appendicitis and was brought to the hospital on last Saturday. Mr. . Ward was born near Romney and was 25 years old on the 8th day of last September. He was a son of William and Susan Ward, of Stockwell, and was a blacksmith by occupation. At the beginning of the trouble in the Philippine Islands, he enlisted in Company H. Thirty-second United States voluntary infantry, with the intention of going to the islands, but was taken ill with rheumatism before the regiment left the United States and was discharged from the service. He was married on May 21, 1902, to Miss Inez Lowery, who survives with one child a little girl named Anna. Mr. Ward was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Stockwell, the Mulberry Tribe of Red Men and the Clarks Hill Camp of Modern Woodmen of America.
He was a member of the Methodist church and was a upright and honorable gentleman. He was an industrious, law abiding citizen and was held in high respect by the community. He was devoted to his family and was in every way a worthy man. The funeral will be conducted from the Methodist church in Stockwell on tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. E. V. Smith will officiate. The interment will be made in the Stockwell cemetery and will be under the auspices of the Odd Fellows. The following gentlemen, brothers-in-law of the deceased, will act as pall bearers: Charles Little, Roscoe Baer, William Lowery, Joseph Loveless, James Rayburn and Alfred Little.
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