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 when Mrs. Ellen O. Ward died. I am adding it to the site because there is still valuable information. This is from the collection of the late Ora Ward Manning, mother of Peggy Rockett. MRS. ELLEN O. WARD Spearsville - Mrs. Ellen O. Ward, 58, of Spearsville, died Tuesday evening at the Tri-Ward Hospital in Bernice after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be at 4:30 p.m. today at the Mt. Union Baptist Church with the Revs. Forrest Post and Larry Ramsour officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery under the direction of First National Funeral Home of Farmerville. She was a life resident of Union Parish and a member of the Mt. Union Baptist Church. Survivors are her husband, Wesley W. Ward, Spearsville: one daughter Mrs. Mona Garris, Farmerville: three brothers, Lester Odom, Bernice, Burson Odom and Elbet Odom, both of Farmerville: five sisters, Mrs. Laverne Coleman, Orange, Tx., Mrs. Vivian Ray, Bossier City, Mrs. Ocille Singleton, Jackson, Tenn., Mrs. Myrtis Huckaby and Mrs. Carrie Braswell both of Farmerville; four grandchildren. The body will remain at the funeral home until one hour before the service. # # #