HELEN DOROTHY CARPENTER WARD, 92, of Spencer, West Virginia, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend went to be with her Lord on September 4, 2016 at the Roane General Hospital, Spencer. Dorothy was born January 29, 1924 in Triplett, West Virginia a daughter of the late Phillip Adams Carpenter and Marie Zelda Goebel Carpenter. Also preceding her in death were her husband, James Arthur Ward; a brother, Adam H. "Pete" Carpenter; a sister, Emogene Frances "Jean" Blosser; and an infant daughter, Mary Luzelle Ward. She attended Bartlett School and Spencer High School. She joined Little Creek Church and later after her marriage transferred her membership to Mt. Olive and later attended Gilboa Baptist Church. She worked as home help in her youth, Thompson's Drug Store and was a homemaker. She served on the PTA, was a homeroom mother, was a former member of the Roane County Historical Society, Mt. Olive Missionary Society and was a Sunday school teacher. Her hobbies included sewing, quilting, crocheting, gardening, genealogy, knitting, reading, doing word search puzzles, and listening to WVU and Roane County football games. Her greatest joy, however, was spending time with her family. Dorothy is survived by three daughters, Janet and Ed Prine, with whom she had made her home for the last 12 years, Linda Diane Ward of Wilkesboro, North Carolina, and Jo Ann and Jerry Walus of Augusta Springs, Virginia; three sisters, Anna Mae Ryan and Peggy and Charlie Hall, both of Spencer, and Patty and Bud Guess of Stevenson, Alabama; grandchildren, Tresa Prine of High Point, North Carolina, Cindy (Jason) Starcher of Spencer, Jennifer (Jason) Price of Honolulu, Hawaii, Laura Jane Ward of Raleigh, North Carolina, Sarah (Brian) Grzybowski of San Francisco, California, Michael (Mary) Walus of Augusta Springs, Virginia, and Ashley Walus of Staunton, Virginia; a sister-in-law, Ola Carpenter of Spencer; ten great-grandchildren, including Sam and Sadie Starcher; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Dorothy's funeral service will be held at noon on Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at the TAYLOR-VANDALE FUNERAL HOME, Spencer, with Rev. James "Jim" Epling officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Olive Cemetery. Visitation will be two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.