1930

Kathryn Hope Hobbs was born on 25 Dec 1930 in Hobbsville, Gates, North Carolina, USA a child of Harry Clyde Hobbs and Daisy Edla Hollowell Hobbs.

1950

When she was 19, she married James Melvin Ward, son of Julian Ward and Beulah Nixon, on 07 Feb 1950 in Pasquotank, North Carolina, USA.

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1955

On January 25, 1955, Kathryn Hope Hobbs was mentioned as the mother in the birth record of James Gary Ward.

2003

On April 2, 2003, Kathryn Hope Hobbs Ward was mentioned as the living wife in the obituary of Mr James Melvin Ward.

2011

She died on 14 Mar 2011 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA. Kathryn Hope Hobbs was buried on 17 Mar 2011 in Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA at Hillcrest Baptist Church Cemetery.

Kathryn Hobbs Ward

COLUMBIA – A memorial service for Kathryn Hobbs Ward, 80, of Columbia, will be held at 2 o’clock Thursday, March 17, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 155 Blythewood Road, Blythewood, officiated by the Rev. Dr. Cathy Jamieson-Ogg, the Rev. Ken Jackson and the Rev. Scott Bratton. The family will receive friends from 6 unitl 8 o’clock Wednesday evening at Trinity United Methodist Church. Memorials may be made to Hillcrest Baptist Church, 2666 Hwy 1 S., Elgin, SC 29045 or to Alzheimer’s Association, S.C. Chapter, 3223 Sunset Blvd., Suite 100, West Columbia, SC 29169. Shives Funeral Home, Colonial Chapel, is assisting the family.

Mrs. Ward died Monday, March 14, 2011. Born in Hobbsville, NC, on Christmas Day, 1930, Mrs. Ward was a daughter of the late Harry C. Hobbs and Edla Hollowell Hobbs. She served as assistant clerk of court in her native Gates County, NC, during the 1970s and was active in Hobbsville Baptist Church.

After moving to Elgin in 1999, she became a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church and later became a resident of The Lutheran Rice Estate where she was lovingly nurtured by its caring staff.

Survivors include her son, Gary Ward and daughter-in-law, Carol J.G. Ward; grandson, Hoke Ward, all of Blythewood; and a sister, Gwendolyn Hendrix of Suffolk, VA. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of more than 50 years, James Melvin Ward, and by her brother, Larry C. Hobbs.

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Kathryn Hobbs Ward

Kathryn Hobbs Ward, 80, of Columbia, at 2 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, Blythewood. Shives Funeral Home is in charge.

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