Class of 1916
English Course
Graduation essay, “The Mission Outlook for 1916”

Birth: 22 Mar 1895, Stanly County, North Carolina
Death: 2 Oct 1981, Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina

Parents:
Jacob Myrick Harward (1856-1924)
Mary Lauretta Coble Harward (1860-1950)

Siblings:
James Augustus Harward (1878-1970)
Cora Isabelle Harward Whitley (c.1880-1977)
Florence Victoria Harward (1883-1897)
Lilly May Harward Efird (1886-1978)
Grover Ernest Harward (1889-1975)
Bertha Harward Almond (1892-1982)
Maude Elizabeth Harward Brown (1898-1994)
Virgie Lee “Bunn” Harward Whitley (1902-1991)

James Augustus Harward (1878-1970)

Bertha Harward Almond (1892-1982)
Maude Elizabeth Harward Brown (1898-1994)
Virgie Lee “Bunn” Harward Whitley (1902-1991)

Burial: Fairview Memorial Park, Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina
Source: www.findagrave.com, #23609535.

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Stanly News & Press (Albemarle, NC), 6 Oct 1981, p. 1.

Rites Held For Miss Harward Former Teacher

Funeral services for Miss Ila Clementine Harward, 86, of 119 South Broome Street, Albemarle, a retired public school teacher who taught for many years at North Albemarle School, were conducted at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon in First Lutheran Church, Albemarle where she was an active member.

Pastor John M. Hawn officiated and interment was in Fairview Cemetery.

Miss Harward died shortly after midnight Thursday in Stanly Memorial Hospital following several months of illness. A member of one of Stanly County’s pioneer families, she was born March 22, 1895, in Stanly County and was a daughter of the late Jacob Myrick and Mary Lauretta Coble Harward. She graduated from Mont Amoena Seminary in Mount Pleasant and attended Lenoir Rhyne College.

She had been a Sunday School teacher at her church all of her life and at the time of her death was a teacher of the Ladies Sunday School Class. She was also an active member of Circle Number Three of Lutheran Church Women.

Miss Harward is survived by three sisters, Mrs. J. P. Brown of Winston-Salem and Mrs. L. M. Almond and Mrs. Roscoe Whitley, both of Albemarle.

Pallbearers were Ashton Laine, Ray Lybrand, Bob Morris, Hillard Whitley, Grover Thompson and Charles Lefler, Jr.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the Albemarle Unit of north Carolina Lutheran Homes or to the First Lutheran Church, Albemarle.

Arrangements were by Lefler Funeral Home.