Oklahoma
Willie Ward
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Willie Ward, 77, of Pocola died Wednesday, Dec 18, 1991, in a Fort Smith hospital. He was a heavy equipment operator for LeFlore County, a member and deacon of Christian Grove Freewill Baptist Church in Pocola and a member of the Pocola Senior Citizens.

Funeral will be 1 pm Dec 20 in Christian Grove Freewill Baptist Church in Pocola with burial at Macedonia Cemetery in Pocola under the direction of McConnell Funeral Home in Greenwood.

He is survived by his wife, Lena; two sons, Arley of Locust Grove, Okla., and James of Pocola; four sisters, Maddine Smith of Phoenix, Ariz., Virginia Hightower of Chico, Calif., Leona Gist of Friendswood, Texas, and Imogene Jones of Tulsa; one brother, James of Dinuba, Calif.; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Pallbearers will be Buddy Pope, Buddy Howerd, Bob Lovell, James Woods, Ricky Howard and bill McKenzie. Honorary pallbearers will be the men’s Sunday school class of Christian Grove Freewill Baptist Church.

Source: Carrie Monroe