Rhonda McCants Ward, 39, of Kingstree, SC, wife of Johnny H. Ward, Jr., passed away October 28, 2015, at Tidelands Community Hospice House in Georgetown, SC. Despite battling Triple Negative Breast Cancer for one year, Rhonda’s cheerfulness, spirit, and spunk never faltered.      Mrs. Ward was born December 22, 1975, in Georgetown, SC, a daughter of Michael McCants and the late Ann Jenell Singleton. She was a graduate of Georgetown High School and was employed by Whetstone, Perkins, and Fulda Law Office. Rhonda attended Kingstree First Baptist Church and was very active in the Williamsburg Academy Parent Teacher Organization for many years. Everyone who knew Rhonda could attest to her beauty, courage, and her love for her boys.

Surviving in addition to her husband of 20 years, Johnny Ward, are: her sons, Johnny H. “Tripp” Ward, III, Tate, Teague, and Tanner Grey Ward, all of Kingstree; her father and step mother, Mike and Carla McCants, of Murrells Inlet; her grandmother, Annie Laura McCants, of Georgetown; a sister, Angela (Darrell) Gibson, of Sampit; brother, David (Renee) McCants, of Georgetown; step brother, Robert Orr, of Murrells Inlet; and a very special “Granny”, Diane Graham, of Kingstree. Rhonda had many cousins, nieces and nephews who were special to her. In addition to her mother, Rhonda was preceded in death by her grandfather, Olin J. McCants and maternal grandparents Harry Singleton and Virginia Singleton.

Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Saturday, October 31, 2015, in Kingstree First Baptist Church, 400 N. Academy Street, Kingstree, SC, with burial in Kingstree Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 Friday at Williamsburg Funeral Home in Kingstree. Memorials may be sent to Williamsburg Academy, Development Foundation, 1000 Sandy Bay Road, Kingstree, SC 29556 or Tidelands Community Hospice, 2591 N. Fraser Street, Georgetown, SC 29440.