1945 Obituary of Dr. William Wesley Ward, native of Union Parish Louisiana Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by Charlotte Carter Schick, 2/2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ================================================================================= 1945 Obituary of Dr. William Wesley Ward, native of Union Parish Louisiana Arkansas Gazette, Wednesday 20 June 1945, page 10 ================================================================================== NOTE: William Wesley Ward was the son of Simeon Perry Ward and Susan Catherine Regan (now spelled 'Reagan' by the family). They lived in north/central Union Parish near Cherry Ridge. ================================================================================== Alexander Physician Dies En Route Here. Dr William Westley [sic] Ward, aged 72 of Alexander died on the way to a Little Rock hospital Monday. He had been a physician in Arkansas for 52 years. He received his M.D. degree at the University of Arkansas and did post-graduate work at Tulane University. Four generations of his family had been physicians in Virginia and Alabama. He was a member and former officer of the Saline County Medical Society,the Southern Medical Society, the Arkansas Medical Association and the American Medical Association. He was an officer in the Medical Reserve Corps during World War I. He was a member of the Scottish Rite and the Shrine. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Carrya Bond Ward; a son, C A Ward; two daughters, Mrs E S Toombs and Mrs J B Drake of Little Rock; a sister, Mrs F H Rockett of West Monroe, Louisiana; a brother Robert A Ward of Rayville, Louisiana; four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held in the Griffin-Leggett chapel by Elder Ben M Rogard at 3:30 p.m. Thursday. The body will be sent to Farmerville, Louisiana for services at Zion Hill Baptist church by the Rev Dewey H Rockett, a nephew, at 3 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in the family lot at Zion Hill cemetery. The family requests that no flowers be sent." #######################################################