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- Magnet Mills Worker, Jocie Ward, Dies
WARD, JOCIE ELLA, 85, of Country Place Nursing Home in Crossville,mother of Jess Ward of Clinton, died July 4 at Cumberland MedicalCenter from old age complications. Born and raised in Morgan County,she was the daughter of Samuel and Rachael Dunncan.She married WilliamMcKinley Ward in Clinton.The couple then moved to Oliver Springs andthen back yo Clinton in 1948.When her husband died in 1971 she movedto Elyria,Ohio,where she lived five years,to be with family.She hadlived in Crossville for the past 11 years.Before she had her childrenshe worked at Magnet Mills, but she devoted most her life to being ahomemaker."She was just a No.1 homemaker and mother" said herdaughter, Wilma Schnur, of Elyria,Ohio.She was a member of DutchValley Independent Missionary Baptist Church.In her spare time Wardenjoyed gardening her vegetables and flowers, quilting, sewing,crotcheting and cooking, Schnur said.In addition to Wilma Schnur andJess Ward, she is survived by two daughters, Rachael Burgess ofCrossville and Betty Gyoval of Hartwood,Va., two sons, Clyde Ward ofCastleton,Ill.,and Wayne Ward of Leigh Acres,Fla.,three step-sons,Theodore Ward of Clinton, A.D. Ward of Oliver Springs, Earl Ward ofCitra,Fla.,a sister, Roxie Byrd of Sunbright, a brother, HerbertDuncan of Oliver Springs, 25 grandchildren and 23great-grandchildren.The funeral was held July 5 in Martin Funeral Homechapel in Clinton, with the Rev.Bill Roop and the Rev.Tim Rameyofficiating.The burial was July 6 at Sunset Cemetery in Clinton.Clinton Courier July 7, 1988
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1903 - 1988 (85 years)
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