Eunice Ward

June 30, 1923 - July 28, 2020

Minnie Viola Eunice Pound Ward, 97, of Hedley passed away on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 in Hedley. Graveside Services will be held at 10:00 AM Friday, July 31, 2020 in Rowe Cemetery in Hedley with Rev. Bruce Howard, officiating. Viewing will be held from 8:00 AM-4:00 PM Thursday at the funeral home. Due to the Coronavirus, we are only allowing 5 people to enter the funeral home at a time. If attending the service, please be prepared to maintain social distancing practices. Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon. Eunice was born June 30, 1923 in Atoka, Oklahoma to Minnie and Newman Pound. She married James Ward On December 28, 1940 in Memphis, Texas. She was a longtime resident of Hedley and belonged to the First Baptist Church in Hedley. She was baptized in Colgate, Oklahoma in April 1938. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Ward in 2000; two daughters, Diane Ward in 1958 and Jean Wilkes in 2008; one son, Ronny Ward in 1998; 2 grandsons, Brandon Ward in 1989 and T.J. Ward in 1999; and one great grandson, Maycin Stanley in 2018. She is survived by three sons, Glenn Ward and wife Wanda of Wellington, Leon Ward and wife Carole of Hedley, and Ricky Ward and wife Pam of Memphis; three daughters, Lorene McCrary of San Antonio, Tonya Metcalf and husband Michael of Hedley, and Lawun Hughes and husband Jim of Marble Falls, Arkansas; 29 grandchildren; 43 great grandchildren; 21 great great grandchildren; and one on the way. The family request memorials be sent to Rowe Cemetery Association or Hedley Senior Citizens.