NAME: LESLIE ALVIN WARD, AGE 63, A LONGTIME COAL COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 23, 1943 TO EMMITT LEON AND MANIE ELLEN (RUTH) WARD. PASSED AWAY: MARCH 4, 2007 IN COALGATE, OK. AGE: 63 YEARS 7 MONTHS 11 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED COTTONWOOD AND COALGATE. MARRIED: DOROTHY WARD. VELMA JEAN JEANNIE IMOE ON AUGUST 18, 1990 IN DE QUEEN, AR. OCCUPATION: HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR (KNOWN AS THE ROCK DIPPER) FOR AMOS MATERIALS IN STRINGTOWN, OK, RETIRING IN 1989. CHURCH AFFILIATION: OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. LES SERVED IN THE U.S. NAVY DURING THE VIET NAM WAR. MEMBER OF THE VFW POST #1198 AND WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE COALGATE MASONIC LODGE #211 AS WELL AS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AND OF THE SCOTTISH RITE IN MCALESTER. SURVIVED BY WIFE: JEANNIE WARD OF THE HOME. SON: BOBBY WARD AND WIFE KATIE OF ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTERS: SHARON SMITH AND HUSBAND WENDELL OF STRINGTOWN, OK. JANET JEWELL AND HUSBAND CALVIN OF STRINGTOWN, OK. DONNA ADKINS AND HUSBAND STEVE OF SEYMOUR, IA. GRANDCHILDREN: TRISTAN SMITH, JESSY SMITH, ADAM SMITH, ARON SMITH, KRISTEE WARD, KARA BENSON, COLTEN SPEARS, WILLIAM MILLER, JEREMY MILLER, TONYA MILLER, GARY MILLER. 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. STEPCHILDREN: JOHNNY LECROY, DARRYL LECROY, NOBLE COSLOW III, ERIC COSLOW. 8 STEP GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: RICHARD WARD OF COALGATE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: EMMITT LEON AND MANIE (RUTH) WARD BROTHERS: ARTHUR WARD AND GLENN WARD.

DATE OF SERVICE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ COALGATE, OK. INTERMENT: COALGATE CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB TRAIL. CASKETBEARERS: TRISTAN SMITH, JESSY SMITH, ADAM SMITH, WILLIAM MILLER, JEREMY MILLER, GARY MILLER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: TOMMY FRITZ, JOHNNY FRITZ, JASON WARD, JOHHNY WARD, DAVID WARD. FAMILY NIGHT: 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M. TUESDAY.