Submitted by Gina Sherrard ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Please note I do not know which newspaper this ran in. This is from the collection of the late Ora Ward Manning, the mother of Peggy Rockett. Mr. Wesson Ward died 22 June 1990. Mr. Wesson Ward Services for Mr. Wesson Ward, 80, of Spearsville, were held at 4 p.m. Sunday at Mt. Union Baptist Church in Spearsville with the Rev. Forrest Post and the Rev. Ezra Murphy officiating. Interment followed in Mt. Union Cemetery in Spearsville under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Farmerville. Mr. Ward died June 22 at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe after a brief illness. A lifelong resident of Spearsville, he was a member of the Mt. Union Baptist Church and a retired farmer. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Margie Ward of Spearsville; son Welby Ward of Pearland, Tex.; two sisters Mildred Murphy of Spearsville and Merle Lockwood of Farmerville; two grandchildren, Gary and Danielle Ward. Pallbearers were Buddy Garris, Michale Holly, Tony Mauro, Billy Garris, and Truett West. # # #