George W. (Bill) Ward
George W. (Bill) Ward, 94, of Greenville, formerly of Daingerfield, died Monday, October 19, 2015 at Briarcliff Health Center in Greenville. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Thursday, October 22, 2015, at Wesley United Methodist Church under the direction of Coker-Mathews Funeral Home with Rev. Gene Wisdom officiating. Interment will follow at Miller Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the funeral home.
Mr. Ward was born in Arbala, Texas on February 18, 1921. He was the son of James Velmer Ward and Gertie Louell Wattenbager Ward. He married Norma Lee Johnson on June 25, 1955 in DePort, Texas. He retired from Lone Star Steel after 33 years. He was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church in Greenville.
Survivors include his wife, Norma lee Ward of Greenville; son, Jeff Ward and wife, Vicki of Greenville; brother, Kenneth Ward and wife, Marjorie of Sulphur Springs; sister, Marcell Stroud of Sulphur Springs; grandchildren, Jennifer Salazar and husband, John Paul of Greenville and Nicholas Ward and wife, Shalane of Greenville; and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Wilber Lee Ward; and sisters, Beatrice McCauley and Christine Wright.
Pallbearers will be Nicholas Ward, John Paul Salazar, Steven Kemp, Phillip Kemp Danny McCain and Mike Clifton.
The family requests memorials be made to Daingerfield First United Methodist Church or Wesley United Methodist Church in Greenville.