Submitted by Gina Sherrard

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Please note Mrs. Ward died 15 Jul 1974. 
I do not know what newspaper this ran in.

This is from the collection of the late Ora Ward Manning, mother of Peggy Rockett.

MRS. LATISHIE WARD

                "Mrs. Ward Dies: Rites to Be Today"

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today a the East Side Baptist Church for Mrs. Latishie 
(Aunt Tish) Ward, 85, of Monroe who died Tuesday at the Monroe Manor Nursing Home following a 
lengthy illness.
The Rev. O. J. Owens, the Rev. M.L. Graham, and the Rev. Forest Post will officiate at the 
services. Burial will be in the Camp Creek Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick's Funeral 
Home of West Monroe.
She was a native of Bowie County, Texas and a resident of Monroe for 24 years.
Survivors include one foster son, Virgil Lockwood of Dallas, Tex.; three daughters, Mrs. Lillian 
Roberts of Minden, Mrs. Madie Manning of Monroe, and Mrs. Ava Lee Gros of Pineville; one foster 
daughter, Mrs. Effie Redmer of Minden; one brother William Brown of Midland, Tex.; one sister, 
Mrs. Ellen Simpson of Colgate, Ok.; and eight grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and two 
great-great grandchildren.

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