Eva Ward
Posted: August 31, 2014
COLUMBUS — Eva Mae Ward, 93, died Aug. 29, 2014, at her residence. Graveside services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at Friendship Cemetery. Lowndes Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements. Mrs. Ward was born in Carrollton, Alabama, on Oct. 15, 1920, to the late William and Laura Cockrell Walker. She was a member of Seventh St. Church of Christ. She was formerly the owner of Ward’s Quick Trip convenience store. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Nelson Wheeler Ward; daughter, Mary Lynn Ward; son, Mark Walker Ward; sisters, Louise Swanson and Elese Adair; brothers, Pratt Walker, James Walker, Lucien Walker and Walter Walker. She is survived by sons, Ted Wheeler Ward and Nelson Wade Ward, both of Columbus; sister, Anna Laura Vesley of Roseville, California; four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.