Ward Family Cemetery, Virginia Beach, VA
N 36° 47.025 W 076° 00.049
18S E 410698 N 4071350
A tiny family cemetery located in the city right of way next to a very busy boulevard.
Waymark Code: WMPH07
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/30/2015
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This tiny family cemetery is located in the city right of way between the very large General Booth Plaza shopping center and the heavily traveled General Booth Boulevard. It is not near a Church and it has no fences like a normal cemetery. It is only twenty feet from the boulevard.
Three tombstones and two markers form the cemetary. The first person buried was Herbert Austin Ward in 1948, he was a member of the United States Navy Reserve during World War II. His parents were also buried there. First his mother, Caroline Ward, in 1965 and later, his father, Russell Ward, in 1974. There is unfortunately no information for the two markers.
Here are the texts written on the tombstones :
HERBERT
AUSTIN
WARD
VIRGINIA
STM1C USNR
WORLD WAR II
JANUARY 18 1923
JANUARY 14 1948
CAROLINE WARD
1906 - 1965
RUSSELL WARD
1900 - 1974
First Name: HERBERT AUSTIN
Last Name: WARD
Born: 01/18/1923
Died: 01/14/1948
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