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Submitted: 8/25/17 • Approved: 8/26/17 • Last Updated: 8/29/17 • R1191496-G1191494-S3
Jacob
World War I
January 29, 1888 - March 17, 1977
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Times
Saturday, March 19, 1977
Noted Cotton Authority, Dies
Jacob Osborn Ward, 89, emeritus professor of agronomy at the University of Arkansas died Thursday in a local hospital. Born in Kings Mountain, N.C. the son of William Graham and Virginia Beam Ware, he joined the University faculty in 1920 after receiving bachelor and master's degrees from North Carolina Stale University, and his Ph.D. degree from Cornell University.
In 1934 he served as senior agronomist in charge of cotton breeding in the Cotton Division of the U.S. Department of Agricultural's (USDA) Bureau of Plant Industry. He established a national system of cotton variety testing which continued into 1976, and assisted in the development of superior varieties to meet the needs of cotton communities across the cotton belt.
From 1950 until his retirement in 1958 he served in the dual capacity of professor of agronomy at the University and as senior agronomist with the USDA. In 1951 he made possible the establishment of the Ben J. Altheimer Chair for Cotton Research, the first Chair in the division of agriculture at the University.
He was the recipient in 1953 of the "Man of the Year" award from the Southern Seedsman's Association and his research in cotton genetics won him membership in the National Academy of Science and honor societies of the
profession. He is the author of many technical papers, two textbooks, and numerous popular articles on cotton and was recognized internationally as one of the foremost cotton authorities of his time.
He was a Mason, a member of the Fayetteville Noon Kiwanis Club and St. Paul's Episcopal Church and the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Melba Frances French Ware, of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Walter C. Jones Jr, of Little Rock; two brothers Frank C. of Kings Mountain, N.C., and John of Shelby, N.C.; four grandsons; and one granddaughter.
Funeral service will be 10:30 a m. Monday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church with burial in Fairview Memorial Gardens under the direction of Moore's Chapel.
*Obituary (as written)
Springdale News
Sunday, March 20, 1977
Dr. Jacob Osborn Ware, 89, Fayetteville, died March 17 in a Fayetteville hospital. Emeritus professor of agronomy at the University of Arkansas, he joined the agronomy faculty in 1920 after receiving BS and MS degrees at North Carolina State University. His service to the UA, cotton growing in Arkansas and the U.S. has been continuous since 1920, except for a brief period for advanced study at Cornell University, New York, where he received his PhD.
In 1934, Dr. Ware accepted national responsibilities as senior agronomist in charge of cotton breeding in the cotton division of U.S. Department of Agriculture bureau of plant industry. In this capacity, he established one variety adopted by communities across the Cotton Belt. He also established a national system of cotton variety tests which continued into 1976.
He obtained grants in 1951 to establish the first chair in the division of agriculture, the Ben J. Altheimer Chair for cotton research.
In 1963, Dr. Ware received the Man of the Year award from Southern Seedmen's Assn. His research in genetics won him membership in the National Academy of Science and all honor societies serving his profession.
He authored many technical papers, two textbooks and numerous papers on cotton. He was recognized internationally as one of the foremost cotton authorities.
Dr. Ware was born Jan. 29, 1888, at Kings Mountain, N.C., the son of William Graham and Virginia Beam Ware and was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Fayetteville, a member of the Fayetteville Noon Kiwanis Club and Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity. He retired in 1958. He was also a veteran of World War I.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Melba Frances French Ware of the home to whom he was married in 1928; one daughter, Mrs. Walter C. Jones Jr., North Little Rock; two brothers, Frank C. Ware, Kings Mountain, N.C., and John B. Ware, Shelby, N.C.; four grandsons and one great-granddaughter.
Funeral services will be Monday at 1:30 p.m. in St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Burial will be in Fairview Memorial Hospital under the direction of Moore's Chapel of Fayetteville. Memorials may be made to the heart fund.
Melba
1900 - 1980
Contributed on 8/25/17 by wfields55
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