Dorothy Louise Ard

Entered into eternal rest on the evening of January 2, 2011, Dorothy Louise Mazell Ard, widow of Moneay Due Ard, Sr. of North Charleston, SC.  The relatives and friends of Mrs. Dorothy Ard are invited to attend her funeral service in J. HENRY STUHR, INC., NORTH AREA CHAPEL, 2119 Dorchester Road, Wednesday, January 5, 2011, at 2:00 p.m.  Interment, Riverview Memorial Park.  Friends may call at Stuhr's North Area Chapel on Tuesday, between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

            Mrs. Ard was born on September 8, 1914 in Charleston, SC the daughter of Larry Mazell and Mary Palmer Mazell.  She was a member of the Citadel Square Baptist Church.

            She is survived by her sister, Blanche Blankenship of James Island, SC; Children:  Doris Wilcox of Ocala, FL, Malcolm Ard of North Charleston, Moneay Ard and his wife Margie of North Charleston, SC, James Ard of Columbia, SC, Marion Ard of Lawrence, MA, Stephen Ard of North Charleston, SC, Debra Ard of Seale, AL and Cindy Cronan of Seale, AL; 30 grandchildren; 51 great-grandchildren; 37 great-great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews and lots of extended family.   She was preceded in death by three children:  Lawrence E. Mazell, Melvin Ard and Laura Mannon.