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J. B. Ward

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J. B. Ward

Birth
Eufaula, McIntosh County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
16 Mar 2004 (aged 82)
Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA
Burial
Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
LW-57-13
Memorial ID
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J. B. WARD

J. B. Ward, 82, of Big Spring died Tuesday, March 16, at his residence. Services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel with Dr. Claude Craven, retired Baptist minister, officiating. Interment will follow at Colorado City Cemetery, Colorado City.

He was born March 6, 1922, in Eufaula, Okla. He married Verda Lee Fox and she preceded him in death after 44 years of marriage. He then married Wanda Lee McDonald Dec. 2, 1990 in Big Spring.

Ward came to Big Spring in 1952 from Colorado City and had worked for Caldwell Electric as a hole driller, retiring in 1987. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church and had served in the United States Army during World War II.

Survivors include his wife, Wanda Lee Ward of Big Spring; two sons, Joe Ward and Billy Ward both of Big Spring; two step daughters, Rebecca Farley of Gilbertsville, Kentucky and Evelyn Knight of Evansville, Indiana; one brother, L. E. Ward of Colorado City; eleven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

He was also preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and two sisters.

Arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring.

March 17, 2004
Midland Reporter-Telegram
J. B. WARD

J. B. Ward, 82, of Big Spring died Tuesday, March 16, at his residence. Services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel with Dr. Claude Craven, retired Baptist minister, officiating. Interment will follow at Colorado City Cemetery, Colorado City.

He was born March 6, 1922, in Eufaula, Okla. He married Verda Lee Fox and she preceded him in death after 44 years of marriage. He then married Wanda Lee McDonald Dec. 2, 1990 in Big Spring.

Ward came to Big Spring in 1952 from Colorado City and had worked for Caldwell Electric as a hole driller, retiring in 1987. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church and had served in the United States Army during World War II.

Survivors include his wife, Wanda Lee Ward of Big Spring; two sons, Joe Ward and Billy Ward both of Big Spring; two step daughters, Rebecca Farley of Gilbertsville, Kentucky and Evelyn Knight of Evansville, Indiana; one brother, L. E. Ward of Colorado City; eleven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

He was also preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and two sisters.

Arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring.

March 17, 2004
Midland Reporter-Telegram


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  • Created by: Carol Moore
  • Added: Mar 6, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66555574/j_b-ward: accessed ), memorial page for J. B. Ward (6 Mar 1922–16 Mar 2004), Find a Grave Memorial ID 66555574, citing Colorado City Cemetery, Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Carol Moore (contributor 46944791).