Sylvia Frances Ward

Sylvia Frances Ward (aka; Honey), age 86, of Childersburg, Alabama passed away in her home at 4:17 Sunday morning June 22, 2025, after a long battle with dementia.

She is preceded in death be her beloved husband, Oscar Eudell Ward; her son, Robert "Clayton" Wilhite; her parents, mother Agnes Walker, her father Benjamin "Bennie" Bearden; her siblings: sisters, Dorothy "Dot" Owens, Mary "Ann" Corbett, Virginia "Carolyn" Griffith; brothers, Robert "Joe" Bearden, and Milford Wesson.

Born April 26, 1939, she is survived by the following: her children: Kirk A. Wilhite, Carol Sue Popham (Greg), Tina Stanley (Joe), Leonard Wilhite, Marie Liveoak (Chris); sister, Lillian "Suzy Edwards (Freeman); and her grandchildren: Amy Wilhite, Brenda Wilhite, Kirk A. Wilhite Jr., Robert "Robby" Robinson, Gary Reeves, Eugene Reeves, Rebecca Mizzell, Jennifer Vickers, Josh Wilhite, Jeremy Wilhite, Daniel Meherg, Victoria Meherg, Emma Grace Wilhite and Benjamin Riley Wilhite. She had a total of 39 great grandchildren and 4 great great grandchildren.

A visitation will be held Tuesday, June 24, 2025 from 5:00 p.m. till 8:00 p.m. at Radney-Smith Funeral Home, 320 N. Elm Ave., Sylacauga, AL. 35150. A "Celebration of Life" will be Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. at Radney-Smith Chapel. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the service.

Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Chris Liveoak, Brandon Pickett, Logan Vickers, Robby Robinson, Riley Wilhite and Daniel Meherg.

Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.dignitymemorial.com/funeral-homes/sylacauga-al/radney-smith-funeral-home/8516.

Radney-Smith Funeral Home will direct the service.