April 4, 1941 – January 11, 2025
Melva Ward Stanley, 83, of Leland, passed away on Saturday, January 11, 2025, at the Lower Cape Fear Angel House in Whiteville.
She was the daughter of the late Edgar Rackley Ward and Gertie Mae Watts Ward; Melva was also the widow of George Hodges & Adolph Stanley. She was also preceded in death by her siblings, Roger Dale Ward and Edward Ward.
A graveside service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at Ward Station Church of God Cemetery with Reverend Bill Ottoway officiating.
Melva leaves behind her children, Loretta G. Bell of Elizabethtown, George C. “Trey” Hodges, III (Twyla) of Clarendon; siblings, Donald Ray Ward (Linda) of Cumming, Ga, Walter Thomas Ward of Hampstead; grandchildren, Jeremy Hooks (Jama), Kanon Hodges; great-grandchildren, Lillie Grace Hooks, Aiden Hooks, and Blake Hooks, and a host of many loving nephews.
The family will receive friends at the cemetery.
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