Ward, Marie McFadden

Marie McFadden Ward, 99, of Richmond, Va., and formerly of Pulaski and Dublin, Va., died on Tuesday, March 2, 2010, in St. Mary’s Hospital in Richmond. She was born on July 2, 1910, in St. Francis, Kan., and was the daughter of the late Fannie Grace Buel McFadden and John Looker McFadden. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John James Ward; and 11 siblings. She was a member of the Dublin Presbyterian Church, and had been a previous instructor at New River Community College in Upholstery. She and her husband, John, were owners and operators of their own business called “Wards Upholstery” on Washington Avenue in Pulaski. She is survived by one daughter, Lavon Ward Albert, of Richmond; a granddaughter, Jonda Albert Taylor and her husband, Larry, of Richmond; two great-grandsons, Brian Preston Taylor and his wife, Christine, of Mastic, N.Y., and Adam Michael Taylor and his wife, Julie, of Lancaster, Pa.: and three great-greatgrandchildren, Annabelle Marie Taylor, Alyson Marie Taylor and Brendon Taylor. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at Seagle Funeral Home with the Rev. Pamela ClarkEgan officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Memory Gardens, Dublin. The family will receive friends on Tuesday at the funeral home from 10 until 11 a.m. service time. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made in the form of donations to any favorite children’s charity. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.seaglefuneralhome.com Arrangements by Seagle Funeral Home, Pulaski, Va.