LENA WARE, 71, of Memphis, homemaker, died of respiratory failure Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. S. W. Qualls Funeral Home has charge. She was a member of Union Grove Baptist Church. Mrs. Ware, the wife of R. D. Ware, also leaves a daughter, Connie Lee, and two sisters, Ruthie Rose and Ruby Coleman, all of Memphis, six grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and 14 great-great-grandchildren.

Source:  Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) – Sunday, October 31, 1999