Agnes Ford Strawther

Agnes Ford Strawther, 94, of the Battery Park Apartments, Asheville, died Tuesday, July 5, 2005. Mrs. Strawther was a native of St. Mary’s County, MD, and was a daughter of the late John H. and Elizabeth Hill Hawkins. She was a former resident of Washington, DC and Alexandria, VA and was married to the late Eugene Ford and Cassius Strawther. She was active at the Senior Opportunity Center and was a member of the Altar Society and the Catholic Daughters of America at the Basilica of St. Lawrence, D.M. She is survived by a number of nieces and nephews. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated by the Ver. Rev. Wilbur N. Thomas at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at the Basilica of St. Lawrence. Burial will follow at Green Hills Cemetery. A Rosary will be recited by the Catholic Daughters at 6:00 p.m. Monday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue after which her family will receive friends until 7:30 p.m. Memorials may be made to the St. Lawrence Altar Society, 97 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC 28801.