Ann Joyce Gatling

F, #2261, b. Mar 31, 1931, d. Mar 9, 2022
Pedigree
ChartsRountree Descendants Chart
Father*Wilfred Commander Gatling Sr. b. Aug 31, 1895, d. Sep 19, 1966
Mother*Katherine Victoria Powell b. Feb 29, 1904, d. Sep 19, 1997

Family

Walter Aleck Ward Jr. b. Nov 12, 1932, d. Aug 4, 2022

Chronological Events

Birth*Mar 31, 1931 Ann Joyce Gatling was born on Mar 31, 1931 at City Of Suffolk, Virginia, United States. 
 She was the daughter of Wilfred Commander Gatling Sr. and Katherine Victoria Powell. 
Marriage*Jul 28, 1957 Ann Joyce Gatling married Walter Aleck Ward Jr., son of Walter Aleck Ward Sr. and Margaret Emily Rountree, on Jul 28, 1957 at First Baptist Church, Suffolk, City Of Suffolk, Virginia, United States.1 
Death*Mar 9, 2022 Ann Joyce Gatling died on Mar 9, 2022, at age 90 at City Of Suffolk, Virginia, United States.2 
ObituaryMar 10, 2022  OBITUARY: Joyce Gatling Ward, 90, died peacefully on March 9, 2022 with her children at her side. She was the daughter of the late Wilfred C. Gatling and Katharine P. Gatling.

Joyce was a graduate of Suffolk High School and Longwood College. She spent her teaching career in Martinsville and Suffolk, Virginia where she retired in 1991. As an active member of First Baptist Church, Suffolk, Joyce taught Sunday School and participated in several civic organizations.

Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Michelle Ward Bunch and Bruce Bunch, and son, Walter Aleck Ward, III. Along with her grandchildren, Alissa Taylor Ward (Lauren Godbout), Tyler Justin Bunch, and Alec Jordan Ward (Marisa Borek), and special nieces and nephews.

A Funeral Service will be held Saturday, March 12, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at R. W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home and Crematory, 509 West Washington Street, Suffolk, VA 23434. The family will receive friends prior to the service at 10:00 a.m. Dr. Wilfred C. Gatling, III and Dr. Thurman Hayes, Jr. will officiate. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to First Baptist Church 237 N Main St, Suffolk, VA 23434 or the March of Dimes, Donation Processing Center. P.O. Box 18819. Atlanta, GA 31126. Condolences may be offered at RWBakerFH.com.

Published online at https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/va/suffolk/joyce-gatling-ward-14349630.2
 
Burial*Apr 12, 2022 She was buried on Apr 12, 2022 at Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk, City Of Suffolk, Virginia, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 256092563.3 

Citations

  1. [S2195] Virginia - Marriage Record 1936-2014, online at Ancestry.com, 1.
  2. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  3. [S80] Gravestones - Death Cert Proof, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves.

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