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Submitted: 4/23/21 • Approved: 4/25/21 • Last Updated: 4/28/21 • R411986-G411985-S3
William “Edd”
1907-1978
Daucy
1908-1982
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Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for William
Services for W.E. "Ed" Ward, 70, of 102 Dolomita, will be at 10:30 a.m. in the Bunavista Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Lacewell, pastor, officiating. The Rev. Orval Kiddy, pastor of the Assembly of God Church in Eunice, N.M. will assist.
Interment will be in Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Alexander-Simpson Funeral Directors.
Mr. Ward died Wednesday. He was born April 25, 1907 in Lexington, Okla., and lived in Borger since 1943 when he moved here from Wetumka, Okla. He was shift foreman at Plains Plant until his retirement in 1960 after 35 years. He was a member of the Bunavista Baptist Church.
He married Daucy Whisenhunt in 1927 at Tulsa, Okla.
Survivors include his wife, two sons, Lloyd of Dallas and James of Corpus Christi; two daughters, Mrs. Barbara Blake of Fritch and Mrs. Geri Goodwin of Pasadena; and nine grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be James and Lanny Ward, Jeff Wakefield, Clarence McDanial, Gary Boyer, Henry Ratliff, Joe Zajicek, and G.L. Harkins.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Thursday, January 5, 1978)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: William Ward
Death Date: 4 Jan 1978
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: William Edgar Ward
Birth Date: 25 Apr 1907
Birth Place: Lexington, Oklahoma
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: William James Ward
Mother: Emma Enman
Age at Death: 70
Death Date: 4 Jan 1978
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: William Ward
Last Residence:
79007 Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
BORN: 25 Apr 1907
Died: Jan 1978
*Obituary got Daucy
Daucy Ward, 73, of 102 Dolomita, died at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in High Plains Baptist Hospital in Amarillo.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Bunavista Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Lacewell, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery by Alexander Funeral Directors.
A native of Bly, Mo., she was a retired secretary for Germania Farm Mutual, and a member of the Bunavista Baptist Church.
Survivors include two sons, Lloyd of Garland, and Jim of Borger; two daughters, Mrs. Barbara Blake of Fritch, and Mrs. Geraldine Goodwin of Pasadena; two sisters, Mrs. Zona Mitchell of Locust Grove, Okla., and Mrs. Zora Kiddy of Okmulgee, Okla.; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Mark Blake, Michael Blake, Jeffery Ward, James Ward, Lanny Ward, and Ricky Ward.
The family will be staying at 102 Dolomita.
(Published in Borger News Herald, May 28, 1982)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Daucy Ward
Death Date: 27 May 1982
Death County: Potter
Gender: Female
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Dancy Alma Ward
[Dancy Alma Whisenhunt]
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1908
Birth Place: Missouri
Gender: Female
Race: Caucasian (White)
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: James M Whisenhunt
Mother: Rose Anna Adkins
Age at Death: 73
Death Date: 27 May 1982
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Contributed on 4/23/21 by neldapat
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