Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, in Ridge Park Cemetery in Marshall.
Additional survivors include a brother, David Earl Ward Jr. of Slater; maternal grandparents, Thomas and Cynthia Johnson of Marshall; paternal grandparents, David Allen Ward of Miami and Patricia Black of Marshall; maternal great-grandmother, Joyce Peoples of Mechanicstown, Ohio; paternal great-grandparents, Billie Estes of Marshall, Rosella Black of Roodhouse, Ill., and Carl C. Black of Gilliam; aunts and uncles, Atilio Hanlin, Darren Johnson, John Henry McComas, Melody Marks and Rebecca Johnson; godparents, Ron and Sara Green of Marshall; along with several cousins.
He was preceded in death by his maternal great-grandfather, John Peoples; paternal great-grandfather, Earl Estes; a great-aunt, Carol Green; and an uncle, Daniel Keith Johnson.
Additional information provided per family recompense.
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