Beatrice Ware

Nora Beatrice Ware was born July 19, 1946 in Laurel Hill, NC to the

mother of Nora L. Dockery. She was the 4 th of 8 children. Beatrice

attended various schools in NC and moved to NJ in her mid-teens and

attended Plainfield High School. She resided with her sister, Pearlie M.

Crews until she married. She attended Laurel Hill Baptist Church in

NC, Miracle Baptist Church, Plainfield, NJ and Macedonia Baptist

Church, Bridgewater, NJ.

Beatrice was married to Robert Ware, Sr. and from that union 5

children were born: Robert and Rhonda (twins), Christopher, Lisa and

Renee'. She loved her children and family and was highly loved and

respected by anyone she came in contact with. Some years later,

Beatrice would find herself becoming a single mother and pouring

herself into caring for her children.

After being a stay at home mother for many years, Beatrice found

employment, in retail: she worked at the former Great Eastern Mills

Department Store, North Plainfield, NJ and Bradley's Department

Store, South Plainfield, NJ. She received her certification in the medical

industry: subsequently working as an aide at the Ashbrook Care and

Rehabilitation {Nursing Home}, Scotch Plains, NJ, American Red

Cross, and private duty jobs along the way. After many years, she

returned to retail and worked at Marshall's Department Store,

Watchung, NJ where she eventually retired.

Beatrice departed her life on January 28, 2026 at 79 years old. She

leaves to cherish her memories: her 5 children: Robert of Louisville,

KY, Rhonda (Elizabeth, NJ), Christopher and Renee' (Bound Brook,

NJ) and Lisa (Plainfield, NJ); 8 grandchildren: Chad and Nicole

Logan, Michael and Kiara Ware, Jared Ware and Corey Logan, and

Lanasia and Latrill Ware; 12 great grandchildren; 4 sisters and

brothers; Annie Smith (NC) Andrew Dockery {Barbara), NC, Rosa

{Gerald} Winston, MD, Robert {Barbara} (Germany) and a host of

loving family and friends; Pre deceased by her mother Nora L. Dockery, granddaughter: Laquanna

Logan; sisters Carolyn A. Dockery, Pearlie M. Crews, brother, Pastor

James E. Dockery and nephew Leon Dockery.