Daughter of Roby Levi Ward and Bessie E Jones Ward.

Married to Holford Joseph Pennington around 1936.

Holford and Mary were the parents of:
Norma Virginia Pennington Denney
Cleo Marie Pennington Jones
Christina Pennington Brown(1944-unk)
Lois Ann Pennington Wyatt(1946-2003)
Robert Joseph Pennington
J C Walter Pennington
Jodie Pennington Hodgson(Jan 1954)
Herman Dean Pennington
Jack Leon Pennington
Wana Gail Pennington Turnmire(Jan 1962)

Married to Glen Hampton Turner on December 29, 1981 in Ashe County, North Carolina.
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--Charlotte Observer, Sunday, December 27, 2009

Mrs. Mary Ward Turner, age 90, of West Jefferson died Thursday morning, December 24, 2009 at Margate Health & Rehab Center.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 2pm at Boone Family Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Kirby McNeill, Rev Ambrose Jones and Rev Clifford Brewer officiating. Burial will follow in the Ashelawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6:00-9:00pm on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at Boone Family Funeral Home.

Mrs. Turner was born in Ashe County on Sunday, October 26, 1919 to the late Roby and Bessie Jones Ward. She retired from Phoenix Chair Company.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Turner.

Mrs Turner is survived by a son, Jack Pennington of West Jefferson; four daughters, Gail Turnmire and husband, Jim, of West Jefferson, Christina Brown and husband, Ray, of Pennsylvania, Cleo Jones, of Warrensville and Jodie Pennington, of West Jefferson; two sisters, Opal Wyatt of Virginia and Ruth Westman, of Pennsylvania; twenty-four grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews also survive.

Flowers accepted or memorials may be made to Margate Health & Rehab Center Activity Fund, 540 Waugh Street, Jefferson, NC 28640.
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1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary E Ward
Age: 0
Birth Year: abt 1920
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1920: Clifton, Ashe, North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Raleey Ward
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's name: Bessie Ward
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: None
Household Members:
Name Age
Raleey Ward 26
Bessie Ward 28
Mary E Ward 0

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary E Ward
Birth Year: abt 1920
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: North Carolina
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Home in 1930: Clifton, Ashe, North Carolina
Street address: Private Roads
Dwelling Number: 22
Family Number: 23
Attended School: Yes
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Roby Ward 40
Bessie Ward 35
Mary E Ward 10
Florence V Ward 8
Pearl M Ward 6
Jada Ward 4
Francis E Ward 2
Fred C Ward 0

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary Pennington
Respondent: Yes
Age: 21
Estimated birth year: abt 1919
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: North Carolina
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Home in 1940: Clifton, Ashe, North Carolina
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: Clifton Road - Highway 16
Inferred Residence in 1935: Clifton, Ashe, North Carolina
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Citizenship: Naturalized
Sheet Number: 6B
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 4th grade
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members:
Name Age
Hoyl Pennington 24
Mary Pennington 21
Norma Pennington 3

North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979
Name: Glen Hampton Turner
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 29 Dec 1981
Event Place: Piney Creek Township, Ashe, North Carolina
Event Place (Original): Piney Creek
Gender: Male
Age: 78
Birth Year (Estimated): 1903
Father's Name: George Turner
Mother's Name: Dora Campbell
Spouse's Name: Mary Emma Ward Pennington
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 62
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated):1919
Spouse's Father's Name:Roby Ward
Spouse's Mother's Name: Bessie Jones