Obituaries: Kate Nelson Ward, 1944, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: November 16, 1944 Winn Parish Enterprise Mrs. J. L. Ward, Former Resident, Dies in Maryland Mrs. J. L. Ward, 39, the former Miss Kate Nelson, who resided in Winnfield before her marriage, died Monday at 1:30 a.m. after a serious operation performed at the Emergency Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland. Funeral services and burial were held Wednesday at Bethesda. Surviving Mrs. Ward are her husband and three year old daughter, Mary Margaret; three sisters, Mrs. E. C. Aiken of Fort Smith, Ark., Miss Ida Lou Nelson of Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Joe Emerson of Winnfield; and two brothers, S. H. Nelson of Decatur, Ill., and S. S. Nelson of Winnfield.