Minnie Viola Eunice Pound Ward, 97, of Hedley passed away on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 in Hedley.
Graveside Services were held on Friday, July 31, 2020, in Rowe Cemetery in Hedley with Rev. Bruce Howard, officiating.
Arrangements are under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Eunice was born June 30, 1923, in Atoka, Okla., to Minnie and Newman Pound. She married James Ward On December 28, 1940, in Memphis. She was a longtime resident of Hedley and belonged to the First Baptist Church in Hedley. She was baptized in Colgate, Oklahoma in April 1938.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Ward in 2000; two daughters, Diane Ward in 1958 and Jean Wilkes in 2008; one son, Ronny Ward in 1998; two grandsons, Brandon Ward in 1989 and T.J. Ward in 1999; and one great grandson, Maycin Stanley in 2018.
She is survived by three sons, Glenn Ward and wife Wanda of Wellington, Leon Ward and wife Carole of Hedley, and Ricky Ward and wife Pam of Memphis; three daughters, Lorene McCrary of San Antonio, Tonya Metcalf and husband Michael of Hedley, and Lawun Hughes and husband Jim of Marble Falls, Arkansas; 29 grandchildren; 43 great grandchildren; 21 great great grandchildren; and one on the way.
The family request memorials be sent to Rowe Cemetery Association or Hedley Senior Citizens.
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