Hazel Elizabeth “Betty” WARD

1933 - 2025  (92 years)

• Name	Hazel Elizabeth “Betty” WARD  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	21 Feb 1933
  Gender	Female
  HIST	of Sumter, South Carolina Betty is the niece of Winifred (Ward) Caughman- Winifred had 2 brothers- William E. Ward Sr. and Marion V. Ward- who is the father of Betty? I am picking William E. Ward Sr. jkh HAZEL ELIZABETH "BETTY" WARD KOLB Posted Friday, August 1, 2025 10:42 am Hazel Elizabeth “Betty” Ward Kolb, 92, widow of Warren Burgess Kolb, died Thursday, July 31, 2025, at her home. Born Feb. 21, 1933, she was a daughter of the late W. Estridge Ward and Mabel Felkel Ward. Surviving are three sons, Robert W. Kolb, Patrick H. Kolb (Lisa) and Kenneth A. Kolb (Michelle); three daughters, Elizabeth A. Hancock (Don), Terry J. Kolb and Gwen L. Josey (Luke); nine grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, W.E. Ward Jr. and Robert W. Ward, and one sister, Evelyn W. Reynolds.   Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in the Chapel of the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with Rev. Sammy Geddings officiating.  Burial will follow in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.   The family will receive friends at the home, 2169 Pinewood Road. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 4217 Park Place Court, Glen Allen, VA 23060. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.   [2, 3, 6, 7]
  _UID	E94E9788680E44D7BBA890F945E723C9EB82
  Death	31 Jul 2025	at her home, (Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina)
  Burial	3 Aug 2025	Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, 802 N. Guignard Drive, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [7]
  	Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, Sumter, South Carolina
  Person ID	I50699	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	William Estridge WARD, Sr.   d. Bef 12 Feb 2007
  Mother	Mabel FELKEL   d. Bef 21 Oct 2021
  _UID	91F00563253B40C79A7C054D66F0D853396F
  _UID	91F00563253B40C79A7C054D66F0D853396F
  Family ID	F135808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Warren Burgess KOLB,   b. 6 Mar 1929   d. 20 Nov 2011, at his residence (Age 82 years)
  _UID	F6B1EE14127549D9B2BC7934B0487D210362
  _UID	F6B1EE14127549D9B2BC7934B0487D210362
  Children	1. Patrick Howard “Pat” KOLB   2. Elizabeth Ann KOLB   3. Terry Jeanette KOLB   4. Robert Warren KOLB   5. Gwendolyn Lee “Gwen” KOLB   6. Kenneth Alan “Kenney/Kenny” KOLB
  Family ID	F36181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S462] Descendants of Mary Bradford. [S5902] Kathryn Kolb. [S8300] Winifred W. Caughman. [S17012] Warren B. Kolb. [S17151] Lisa Kolb , Proposed Change: Naomi Geneva Avins. [S29320] Evelyn Ward Reynolds. [S32783] Hazel Elizabeth Ward Kolb.