OPAL MARIE WARD 1913-2004 Funeral services were held Tuesday, January 13 at noon at the Jones- Preston Funeral Chapel for Opal Marie Ward, 90, who passed away Friday, January 9 at Williamson Memorial Hospital in Pike County, Ky. Mrs. Ward was born October 31, 1913 in Johnson County, Ky., daughter of the late Troy and Sally Ward Daniels. She was also preceded in death by husband Ralph Ward, four sons and two brothers. She was a homemaker. Surviving are five sons, Lewis Ward of Melbourne, Ky., Ronald Ward of Grove City, Ohio, Carl Ward of Manchester, N.H., Ralph Edward Ward of Boston, Mass., and Jeffery Ward of Indianapolis, Ind.; four daughters, Doris Francis of Phelps, Ky., Ernestine Collins of Angier, N.C., Sarah Bickford of Charlotte, N.C., and Janice Ward of Summerville, Mass; one brother, Virgil Daniels of Monroe, Ohio; one sister, Ena Mae Childers of Thelma, Ky.; 31 grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Burial took place at the Ward Family Cemetery in River, Ky. Arrangements under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home of Paintsville, Ky. Paintsville Herald Wednesday January 14, 2008
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