Obit of Ward, James Orville - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 10 Jul 2005 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Ward, Dawkins Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6024 James Orville Ward was born on August 31, 1929 at Cheyenne, Oklahoma and departed this life June 17, 1940 at his home near Mesa, Arizona after a lingering illness of months. James was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Ward who with their family had resided in Roger Mills County for several years prior to their moving to Arizona in 1935. He leaves to mourn his going, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Ward and four sisters, all of Mesa, Arizona, Mrs. Edna Dawkins, grandmother of Cheyenne, Oklahoma, and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held at the Baptist Church in Chetenne on June 23, 1940 by Rev. J.W. Carleton. The body was laid to rest in the Cheyenne Cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma with the Tunnard Funeral Home in charge. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 4-Jun-1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html