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      ObituaryJohn Douglas Ward(February 4, 1945 - March 10, 2018)
 
 
     
 JOHN DOUGLAS WARD, 73, of 
    Barboursville, passed away Saturday, March 10, 2018, at the Emogene Dolin 
    Jones Hospice House, Huntington. He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris 
    Jean Ward, on March 6, 2018. Joint funeral services will be at 2 p.m. 
    Monday, March 12, 2018, at the 
    Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville, by 
    Rev. Willie Mays. Burial will be in 
    White Chapel Memorial 
    Gardens. He was born February 4, 1945, in Wayne County, a son of the late 
    Brady and Sadie Mullins Ward. He was a veteran of the United States Army and 
    served during the Vietnam War. He was also preceded in death by four 
    brothers and one sister. He is survived by daughters, Patricia Chaffin of 
    Barboursville, Ella Roe of Lavalette, Delores Smith of Barboursville, Shanna 
    Blankenship of Lavalette, Misty McCoy of Ripley, W.Va., and Sherry Crum Mayo 
    of Huntington; sons, Brian Chaffin of Huntington and Rodney Chaffin of Ky.; 
    sisters, Elizabeth Hohman of Zelinople, Pa., Cora Dixon of Ceredo, Dorothy 
    Williams of Ceredo and Donna Neff of Grayson, Ky.; brothers, Brady Ward Jr. 
    of Jacksonville, Fla., and Joseph Ward of Wayne; several grandchildren and 
    great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 1-2 p.m. Monday at the 
    Wallace Funeral Home, Barboursville. 
    
    
    
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