Obit of Ward, Charlie - Logan County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Gene Phillips  <okarchives@comcast.net>  8 May 2005
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Ward, Charlie

Charlie Mae was born November 28, 1922 in Lawton, Oklahoma to Charlie and 
Fannie Mae Rogers. She was the first child of three (3) born to this 
union. After spending the first four weeks of her life in God's beautiful 
world in Lawton, her parents brought her to Oklahoma City where she was 
reared and nurtured as a child. She was a graduate of Douglas High School, 
Langston University and the Oklahoma School of Religion. She began work 
toward a Masters degree at what is now called the University of Central 
Oklahoma. She excelled in almost every task she undertook. She taught in 
the Guthrie and Oklahoma City School systems for 24 years. She retired 
from teaching in 1985. On June 26, 1943 in Houston, Texas, Charlie Mae 
married the love of her life, Eddie Arnesta Ward. They were a perfect 
match. They were truly a couple and a happy family. Where you saw one, you 
soon saw the other. They worked together hand in hand. In 1954, they began 
pastoral leadership at Macedonia Baptist Church in Guthrie, OK. Charlie 
Mae served beside her husband as Pastor until his retirement in 1994. She 
continued to attend there until his death in 1995. She served in many 
religious capacities over the years in the East Zion District Association 
of Churches. She was President of the State Young Matrons, National 
Secretary of Young Matrons Inc., U.S.A., and in 1970 was elected by the 
State Women of Oklahoma to lead them for four years. Many persons in the 
East Zion District would say that Charlie Mae made a positive difference 
wherever she went and in what ever she was involved. She had the trip of 
her lifetime when she visited the Holy Land in 1998. She often spoke of 
what a spiritual experience this was. She leaves to cherish her memory a 
sister-in-law, Nadine; a most caring and helpful niece Kathleen; two 
devoted spiritual daughters, Norma Jefferson Goff of Oklahoma City and 
Nancy Chandler Turner of Mesquite, Texas; also, a host of nieces, nephews 
and many other relatives and friends. Services will be 11:00 a.m. Fri., 
Feb. 14, 2003 at St. John Baptist Church, 5700 N. Kelley.

Published in the Oklahoman on 2/14/2003.
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