NAME: MANIE ELLEN (RUTH) WARD, AGE 95, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF COAL COUNTY. BORN: AUGUST 18, 1910 AT CAIRO, OK TO ROBERT COLUMBUS AND MARY ELIZABETH (KING) RUTH. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 2006 IN COALGATE, OK. AGE: 95 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED COTTONWOOD SCHOOL MARRIED: EMMITT LEON WARD ON AUGUST 11, 1937 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BAPTIST SURVIVED BY SONS: LESLIE WARD AND WIFE VELMA JEAN OF CENTRAHOMA, OK. RICHARD WARD OF COTTONWOOD, OK. 14 GRANDCHILDREN, MANY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. NIECES: MARY COX OF LAWTON, OK. JUANITA MORRIS OF COTTONWOOD, OK. LORETTA RICHARDSON OF PERRY, OK. NEPHEWS: JOHNNY FRITZ OF OKLAHOMA CITY. TOMMY FRITZ OF COTTONWOOD, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ROBERT COLUMBUS AND MARY ELIZABETH RUTH. HUSBAND: EMMITT LEON WARD ON JUNE 6, 2003. SONS: EMMITT GLENN WARD AND ARTHUR LEON WARD. NIECE: BETTY COFFEE. NEPHEW: EUGENE KIRKLAND.

DATE OF SERVICE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2006 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ COALGATE, OK. INTERMENT: COALGATE CEMETERY ~ COALGATE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BILL WEATHERS. ASSISTING: REV. BOB TRAIL. CASKET BEARERS: BOBBY WARD, JASON WARD, DAVID WARD, WENDELL SMITH, TRISTON SMITH, JESSY SMITH. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOHNNY FRITZ, THOMAS FRITZ, TOMMY FRITZ, JOHN MILLER, B. J. SHIPMAN.