TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La. OBITUARIY for WARD, LIONELL "SHAFT" Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Source: Jones Funeral Home, Inc., Houma, La. Died: Sunday, March 12, 2017 ============================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ============================================================================= WARD, LIONELL "SHAFT" August 2, 1944 ~ March 12, 2017 (age 72) ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafourche/obits/dateobits/2017/f1703.htm and click on the name of interest. ========== Lionell "Shaft" Ward, 72, a native and a resident of Houma, passed away peacefully at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 12, 2017, A public viewing will be on Saturday, March 18, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. until funeral time at 11:00 a.m. at Dularge Community Baptist Church located at 549 Andrew St. in Houma. Burial will follow in Halfway Cemetery. He is survived by his former wife Vera M. Ward; sons, Patrick (Kelly) and Timothy Ward (Daphne); daughters, Stephanie Ward and Deon W. Stewart (Gregory); fourteen grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; brother, Joseph Ward, Jr.; sisters, Eola Wolfe (Chester) and Susie Ross. He was preceded in death by his grandson, Darius Stewart; parents, Joseph. Sr. and Sadie Adams Ward; brothers, Earl and Roosevelt Ward. Arrangements entrusted to Jones Funeral Home of Houma. ======================