This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ward Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5330 Message Board Post: Rockdale Reporter, Thur., 8 Aug 2002 Ward HOUSTON – Funeral services for John Earl Ward, 60, were at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 5, 2002 at the New Hope Baptist Church in Rockdale. Burial followed at Oaklawn Cemetery in Rockdale. He died Wednesday, July 31, 2002 in Houston. Houston Chronicle, Sun., 4 Aug 2002 MR. JOHN E. WARD age 60 passed away 07-31-2002. Visitation will be Sun. 08-04-2002 from 5pm to 7pm in the Wesley A. Boyd Memorial Chapel. Funeral Service will be Mon. 08-05-2002 at 11:30am at New Hope Bapt. Church in Rockdale, TX. Interment Oak Lawn Cemetery in Rockdale, Texas. Boyd Funeral Directors 7411 Wheatley 281-445-0971