Martha Ward Obituary

WARD, Martha SAVANNAH, GA.- Mrs. Martha Jean Arledge Ward, 73, of 2240 East 42nd Street in Savannah, died Saturday morning in the Memorial Medical Center in Savannah after an extended illness. Mrs. Was was born in Pulaski, Georgia, April 11, 1933, a daughter of the late Heusie Fanning Arledge and Gladys McElveen Arledge. Mrs. Ward had retired as an Accounting Clerk with American Cyanamide Company in Savannah, and was a member of the Robertville Baptist Church in Robertville, S.C. She was the widow of the late Alco T. Ward. Surviving are: three sons, Danny Hugh Phillips of Savannah, Hughsie Leon Phillips of Round O, S.C., and Thomas Eugene Phillips of Mobile, Alabama; two daughters, Joan Walker of McDonough, Georgia, and Suzanne Ybro of Katy, Texas; brother, Rufus F. "Pete" Arledge of Hampton; sisters, Ann Scarselletta of Glen Burnie, Maryland, Patricia A. Wilcox of Varnville, and Rebecca H. "Becky" Rushing of Estill. There are 16 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Tuesday, in the Robertville Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. Dean Robbins and Rev. Gay Graham, with burial in the Church Cemetery directed by the ESTILL CHAPEL OF PEEPLES-RHODEN FUNERAL HOME. Friends may call at the Estill Chapel, located at 330 Clark Avenue, in Estill from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, and Tuesday morning prior to services. The family suggests that those who wish may send memorials to the Robertville Baptist Church, P.O. Box 324, Estill, S.C. 29918 or Hospice - Savannah, P.O. Box 13190, Savannah, Georgia 31416. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.