Ethel Ward: Whiteville

    Ethel Ward of Whiteville died Sunday morning in the Lower Cape Fear Hospice and Life Care Center in Whiteville. She was 75.
    Born in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Maude Hilburn and Grady E. Duncan and the widow of the late Lendsay Ward, Jr.
    She is survived by two sons:  Rodney Glenn Ward and Warren Dale Ward, both of Whiteville; one sister, Janice McPherson of Clarendon; one brother, Fred Duncan of Whiteville; two grandsons, and six great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one brother James Duncan.
    Visitation was planned from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at Inman Funeral Home in Tabor City.
    Funeral services were planned for 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at Lebanon United Methodist Church with Rev. Karl Zorowski officiating. Burial was to follow in the church cemetery.
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