Thomas Teddy Ward

THOMAS TEDDIE “T.T.” WARD, 90, RETIRED BUSINESSMAN, DIED TUESDAY 25, 1995. HE WAS BORN IN COLUMBUS COUNTY ON SEPT. 25, 1904 AND WAS THE SON OF THE LATE CHARLIE FLOWERS AND ELLEN WARD WARD. HE FARMED IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY UNTIL NOVEMBER 1950, AND WAS ACTIVE IN CIVIC AFFAIRS THERE. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN FOUNDING BRUNSWICK RURAL ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP, THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY FARM BUREAU AND ATLANTIC TELEPHONE CO.
IN ROCKY MOUNT, HE WAS OWNER AND PRESIDENT OF N.C. HIDE AND FUR CO. HE WAS A MEMBER OF SUNSET AVE. BAPTIST WHERE HE SERVED AS DEACON FOR MANY YEARS, ALSO PAST PRESIDENT OF THE LIONS CLUB AND A MEMBER OF CORINTHIAN MASOIC LODGE NO. 230, SUDAN TEMPLE AND ROCKY MOUNT SHRINE CLUB.
SURVIVING: WIFE, INEZ DUTTON WARD, HOME; DAUGHTERS, JULIA WARD PERRY, PINE RIDGE, MARILYMN WARD MOORE, ROCKY MOUNT; SONS, KENNETH THOMAS WARD, RICHMOND, VA., TED WARD, ROCKY MOUNT, GERRY WARD, ROCKY MOUNT; GRANDCHILDREN, NANCY W. HAWKES, JOAN W. ELLIOTT, RAY DAVIS, TERI D. TAYLOR, JAY DAVIS, BEN MOORE, MARLOWE MOORE, SPENCE MOORE, JEFF WARD, TRAVIS WARD, JEREMY WARD, BRITTANY WARD, LAUREN WARD, G.K. WARD; SISTERS, ORA W. MCKEITHAN, OF NAKINA, N.C., ANNIE W. SASSER OF ELIZABETHTOWN, N.C., RUTH W. LEE OF WHITEVILLE, N.C.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE 2P.M. THURSDAY AT SUNSER AVE. BAPTIST CHURCH WITH REV. GROCE ROBINSON AND REV. COYE STILL OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW WITH MASONIC RITES IN ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK.
THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS 7 TO 9P.M. WEDNESDAY AT JOHNSON FUNERAL HOME, SUNSET AVE., ROCKY MOUNT.
MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO HOSPICE OF NASH GENERAL HOSPITAL, CURTIS-ELLIS DR. ROCKY MOUNT.
ARRANGEMENTS BY JOHNSON FUNERAL HOME.