May 11, 1993

ELAINE WARD

MATTHEWS -- Elaine Ward, 77, Matthews Route 1, died Monday, May 10, 1993, at Sells Rest Home. She was born April 24, 1916, in Portageville, daughter of John and Ethel Neely Wilson. She married Earl Shackelford in 1931 at New Madrid. He died in January 1970. She later married Frank Ward...

MATTHEWS -- Elaine Ward, 77, Matthews Route 1, died Monday, May 10, 1993, at Sells Rest Home.

She was born April 24, 1916, in Portageville, daughter of John and Ethel Neely Wilson. She married Earl Shackelford in 1931 at New Madrid. He died in January 1970. She later married Frank Ward.

Ward attended First General Baptist Church in East Prairie.

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Survivors include her husband; three daughters, Brenda Shands and Lavona Jackson, Matthews Route 1, Pat Jamerson of Benton; two brothers, Warren Wilson of St. Louis, Johnny Wilson of Christopher, Ill.; four sisters, Midge Williams of Matthews, Beatrice Rice of New Madrid, Virginia Mansfield of Fredericktown, Frieda Curtis of St. Louis; 15 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Alexander Free Will Baptist Church. The Rev. Ernest Brown will officiate, with burial in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery.

Friends may call at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie after 1 p.m. today.

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