Mitchell County Georgia Obituaries W. B. Ward 1920 ****************************************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ****************************************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sam Luckey Oct 2002 Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/mitchell.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Obituary of W. B. Ward as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 2 Jan 1920. Camila, Georgia. The community received a sad shock Saturday, 26 Dec 1919, morning , when word went out that Mr. W. B. Ward had died at his home on North Harney Street at 7:00 AM. Mr. Ward was taken Thursday afternoon with hemorrhagic fever in violent form. Several physicians were called in and everything possible was done for the relief of the sufferer, but on account of his depleted strength they were unable to carry him through the crisis and in less than forty-eight hours he had passed out. Mr. Ward had been in extremely bad health for months, which explains his inability to survive the violent crisis. Mr. Ward and his family had just moved here the day before he was taken ill from Arlington, having bought the residence on North Harney Street vacated by Mr. J. S. Evans. The family had just finished placing the furniture in the house, the greater part of which was still unpacked when Mr. Ward was taken ill. Funeral services were held from the home on Sunday, 27 Dec 1919, at 10:00 AM, Rev H. B. Woodward, pastor of the First Baptist church, conducting the services. Interment was at Oakview cemetery. Those acting as pallbearers were Messrs. G. B. Cochran, W. M. Acree, W. E. Holton, H. B. Brazier, Howard Holton and Roy Stripling. Mr. Ward was born and reared in Stewart County and was 48 years of age at the time of his death. He came to Mitchell County when quite young and was married twenty-four years ago to Miss Lee Holton. He moved back to Stewart later, spent a short while and came with his family to Camilla, where he lived for several years. He had been away from here about eight years when he moved back from Arlington. The deceased is survived by his wife and five children, three sons, Ernest, John Robert and Tom Ward and Misses Louise and Susie Ward. Three brothers, Messrs. John W. Ward of Arlington, Robert Ward of Blakely and Fred Ward of Lumpkin also survive him. Mr. Ward had many friends in this county who join the family in mourning his loss.