UPSON COUNTY, GA - OBITS Mr. Preston H. Ard Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mary Thomas Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/upson.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Preston H. Ard Thomaston--Funeral services for Preston Howard Ard, age 52, of Route 5, Waymanville Road, were held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. from the New Harmony Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Akins and the Rev. H. F. Freeman officiating. Mr. Ard died unexpectedly last Thursday morning and was dead on arrival at the Upson County Hospital. Burial was in New Harmony Cemetery with Coggins Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Ard was an officer with the City of Thomaston Police Department and was a veteran of the Lorean Conflict. He was a native of Houston County, Alabama but had lived in Upson County for 36 years. Survivors include two brothers Irby Ard, Warner Robbins, and Randolph ard, Thomaston, three sisters, Mrs. Edmond Jackson, Jonesboro, Mrs. Bob Thompson, Thomaston, and Mrs. Earl Pratt, Reid City,Michigan, and several nieces and nephews.