Penninah Ward [4480]

  Noted events in her life were:

• She was buried at the Ballards Bridge Baptist Church Cemetery in Tyner, Chowan County, North Carolina in 1948.

• Her obituary was published in The Perquimans Weekly on 12 Nov 1948 in Hertford County, North Carolina. ¹ Ward Rites Conducted
Monday Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Penninah Ward, 86, who died at her home in Ryland Sunday morning after a long illness, were conducted Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Ballard's Bridge Baptist Church by the pastor, the Rev. John T. Byrum.
The Ballard's Bridge Baptist choir sang "Have Thine Own Way" and "Safe In the Arms of Jesus," amd Mrs. Carey Hollowell and Mrs. Lindsey Evans sang "There Will Be Glory."
The casket was covered with a beautiful pall consisting of white chrysanthemums.
Pallbearers were Clarence Odell, Joseph and Randolph Ward, McAuley and Elgin Byrum.
Burial followed in the church cemetery.
- The Perquimans Weekly - November 12, 1948 - page 1

Penninah married Starkey Wrighton Ward [4479] [MRIN: 1615] on 2 Mar 1881 in Chowan County, North Carolina. (Starkey Wrighton Ward [4479] was born on 7 Sep 1858 in Chowan County, North Carolina, died on 7 Mar 1907 in Chowan County, North Carolina and was buried on 7 Mar 1907 in Chowan County, North Carolina.)

  Marriage Notes:

Children:
William Daniel Ward (1881 - 1965)
Sarah Margaret Ward Dunning (1884 - 1959)
Bertie Dula Ward Byrum (1886 - 1967)
Lonie Virginia Ward Byrum (1889 - 1968)
Burfoot Starkey Ward (1894 - 1968)
McCoy Sherald Ward + (1895 - 1978)
Pastoria Penninah Ward Byrum (1897 - 1997)
Hattress Ivey Ward (1900 - 1945)
Rosley Velt Ward (1902 - 1975)
Hazel Natalie Ward Beasley (1903 - 1983)
Edla Mae Ward Baker (1907 - 1934)