WILEY WARD 1904-1986 Retired farmer and teacher Wiley Ward, 81, died Friday, May 16, at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Ward was born December 1, 1904, at Boons Camp, the son of BISH and MARTHA BRANHAM WARD. Surviving are his wife, Velma Wheeler Ward, who he married at Williamson, WV in 1932; a son, Daniel Keith Ward of Michigan; a daughter, Phyllis Burton of Los Angeles, CA; a brother and three sisters, Ashley Ward, Nellie Mollette, Elna buster and Billie E. Ward, all of Boons Camp. Funeral services were held Monday, May 19, in Preston Funeral Home Chapel with Tommy Bailey and Lonza Reed officiating. Burial was in Camant (Old Fields) Cemetery at Flat Gap. Pallbearers were Myron Evans, James Troy Hall, Herbert Harris, Scottie Harris, Charles Eugene McKenzie, Ocie Murray, Bish Ward III and Clyde Wheeler. Paintsville Herald May 28, 1986
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