Frances Ward

Published 2:35 pm Thursday, December 5, 2024

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WILLISTON, S.C. – Frances Ward passed away on Wednesday, December 4, 2024.

Mrs. Ward was a resident of Williston, S.C., since 1954 when she and her late husband, L.B. Ward, moved from Fish Springs, Tenn. When L.B. and Frances retired, they began spending the spring and summer months on their family farm in the Fish Springs Community of Carter County, Tenn. While in Fish Springs, they attended Fish Springs Baptist Church.

She is survived by her children in Williston, S.C.; her sisters, Nancy Jenkins and Brenda (Tom) Penix, Elizabethton, Tenn., and Jane (Ron) Miller, Upper Sandusky, Ohio; sister-in-law, Louise Rainbolt-Miller, Tallmadge, Ohio; brothers-in-law, Bart Smith, Butler, Tenn., and Dick (Betty) Ward, Fish Springs, Tenn.; and a host of wonderful nieces, nephews, and cousins.

She was predeceased by her parents, Dave and Ethel Rainbolt; along with her sisters, Mary Shaw, Lucille White, Ruth Williams, and Sue Smith, all of Carter County, Tenn.; and her brothers, Bud Rainbolt, Elizabethon, Tenn., and John Rainbolt, Tallmadge, Ohio.

Visitation will be held Friday, December 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Folk Funeral Home. A service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 7, in the chapel of Folk Funeral Home. Following the service, Frances, along with her husband’s cremains, will be buried at the Williston Cemetery.

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