IN LOVING MEMORY OF
John Wesley
Ward
October 6, 1945 – July 14, 2014
Obituary
Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel
912-754-6421 (fax) 912-754-3426
P.O. Box 295
Springfield, GA 31329
John Wesley Ward
Rincon – John Wesley Ward, 68, passed away Monday, July 14, 2014 at Hospice Savannah.
The Macon native served in the U.S. Army, was a member of Jerusalem Lutheran Church and served on the Church Council. He retired from Savannah Christian Preparatory School as Principal of the middle school after 21 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Rev. Clinton Ward and Gertrude White Ward; and brother, Paul E. Ward.
Survivors include his wife, Alice Owens Ward; children, Stephen (Valarie) Ward of Rincon and Allison (Dwayne) Gard of Pooler; grandchildren, Emily, Tyler, and Wesley Ward, John Thomas and Hannah Jane Gard; sisters, Mary Joyce (Goodloe) Love of Pennsylvania, Marion (Errol) Tootle of Mississippi, and Lena Frances (Dwight) Lindsey of Alabama; sister-in-law, Ann Ward of Savannah; and several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Jerusalem Lutheran Church.
Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Remembrances may be given to Jerusalem Lutheran Church Building Fund, 2966 Ebenezer Road, Rincon, GA 31326.
Thomas C. Strickland & Sons
Funeral Home
Effingham Chapel
(912)754-6421
912-754-6421 (fax) 912-754-3426
P.O. Box 295
Springfield, GA 31329
John Wesley Ward
Rincon – John Wesley Ward, 68, passed away Monday, July 14, 2014 at Hospice Savannah.
The Macon native served in the U.S. Army, was a member of Jerusalem Lutheran Church and served on the Church Council. He retired from Savannah Christian Preparatory School as Principal of the middle school after 21 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Rev. Clinton Ward and Gertrude White Ward; and brother, Paul E. Ward.
Survivors include his wife, Alice Owens Ward; children, Stephen (Valarie) Ward of Rincon and Allison (Dwayne) Gard of Pooler; grandchildren, Emily, Tyler, and Wesley Ward, John Thomas and Hannah Jane Gard; sisters, Mary Joyce (Goodloe) Love of Pennsylvania, Marion (Errol) Tootle of Mississippi, and Lena Frances (Dwight) Lindsey of Alabama; sister-in-law, Ann Ward of Savannah; and several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Jerusalem Lutheran Church.
Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Remembrances may be given to Jerusalem Lutheran Church Building Fund, 2966 Ebenezer Road, Rincon, GA 31326.
Thomas C. Strickland & Sons
Funeral Home
Effingham Chapel
(912)754-6421
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