Obituaries:  Mrs. Helen Miggon Champion Ward, Sabine Parish       W-630
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 28, 2000
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Helen Miggon Champion Ward

  Mrs. Helen Miggon Champion Ward, 87, died Sunday, June 25, 2000,
at Mansfield Nursing Center, after a brief illness.

  Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, June 28, at
Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel in Mansfield, with interment
following at Oak Grove Cemetery in Converse. The Rev. Bob
Phillips, and the Rev. Adrain Fairchild officiated, and the Rev.
Jimmy Price assisted.

  Survivors include two sons, Robert E. Ward and wife, Mary of
Shreveport, and Morrell E. Ward of Many; two daughters, Margaret
Bissell and husband, Floyd, and Linda Kay Henderson and husband,
Bertie, both of Converse; 18 grandchildren; 33 great
grandchildren; four great-great grandchildren; and numerous
nieces and nephews. Mrs. Ward was preceded in death by her
parents, Edgar and Cora Ward Champion; and husband, Earl W. Ward;
brothers, Frank, Vertis, and Clarence Champion; sisters Edna
Champion, and Nellie Howard.

  Pallbearers were Randy Bissell, Tommy Bissell, Robbie Ward,
Matthew Ward, Charles Henderson, David Henderson, James
Henderson, and John Henderson.

  Rose-Neath Funeral Home Mansfield, La.