| Minnie Ward | |
 Minnie Ward in 1998. | |
| Birth: | 19 November 1885 Brownsville, Tennessee, USA |
| Death: | 2 December 1999 Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Age: | 114 years, 13 days |
| Country: |  USA
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| Validated | |
Minnie Bell Ward (née Smith; 19 November 1885 – 2 December 1999) was a validated American supercentenarian. She was the grandmother of actor Meshach Taylor.
Biography
Minnie Ward was born as Minnie Bell Smith in Brownsville, Haywood, Tennessee as the daughter of Hardin and Bessie Smith. She married Cassius Ward on 14 December 1911 and thereafter moved to Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts where they raised five children. She was widowed in 1937.
Ward died in Boston, Massachusetts on 2 December 1999, aged 114 years and 13 days.