Funeral services for James Reynolds Ward, Jr., age 72 of Fayetteville will be conducted at 1 PM Saturday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Van Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside his wife Virginia Counts Ward. Mr. Ward passed away Wednesday afternoon at Huntsville Hospital.
A son of the late James Reynolds Ward, Sr. and Sarah Norlene Rudd Ward, he was a native of Lincoln County, retired from Sears where he worked as a technician, a member of the Masons and Loyal Order of the Eastern Star, and a member of Fayetteville First Baptist Church.
Survivors include his son Steve Ward of Fayetteville, granddaughter Cary Ward of Fayetteville, and sister Sarah Ward Rogers of Huntsville. In addition to his parents and wife, he is preceded in death by a brother Richard Ward.
Visitation with the family will be from 5-8 PM Friday evening at Higgins Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to the Jeanne Shephard Cancer Foundation, 3601 CCI Drive, Ste. 10, Huntsville, AL 35805 or First Baptist Church Building Fund, 210 North Elk Ave., Fayetteville, TN 37334.