What had been a house of worship will now simply be a house, after an over-the-road truck driver purchased the shuttered Ward Chapel AME Church to use the facility as his residence. Iola’s Ward Chapel AME Church, which closed its doors for good last summer, has been sold. Ben Jett, an over-the-road truck driver, purchased the facility, and plans to use it as his residence Jett has driven a truck for the past 20-plus years, and served in the Army…
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