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Submitted: 9/28/09 • Approved: 6/20/21 • Last Updated: 6/23/21 • R241179-G241179-S3
Robert 09 Feb 1922 - 18 Jan 1992
Ruby 23 Oct 1925 - 19 Oct 2010
Marriage: 27 Dec 1946
Robert E Ward son of Robert Calvin Ward and Mary E (Lowery) Ward. Ruby I (Billings) Ward daughter of Claude Billings and Thelma (Parks) Billings.
**obituary
Ruby Ward, 84
TUCKERMAN — Ruby Ward, 84, died Tuesday in Newport. She was born at Powhatan to Claude and Thelma Parks Billings.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert E. Ward; parents; three sisters; five brothers; and a grandson, Jason.
Survivors include a daughter, Mary Beth Pharis (Jim); sons, Robert (Sandra) and Jim (Teresa) Ward; sisters, Beatrice Zavec and Jane Moore; brother, W.C. Billings; granddaughters, Sarah, Brooke, Heather and Mary Elizabeth; and five great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Lawrence Memorial Park with Kyle Rhea officiating under the direction of House-Gregg Funeral Home of Walnut Ridge.
Obituary located through archives of The Jonesboro Sun Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas. Published Wednesday, October 20, 2010
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Jonesboro Sun, The (Arkansas) 20 October 2010, obit for Ruby Ward, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/1393505A8291A378
*Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957
Name: R E Ward
Sex: Male
Age: 24
Residence Place: Black Rock, Lawrence, Arkansas
Birth Year (Estimated): 1922
Spouse's Name: Ruby Billings
Spouse's Sex: Female
Spouse's Age: 21
Spouse's Residence Place: Black Rock, Lawrence, Arkansas
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1925
Marriage Date: 27 Dec 1946
Marriage Place: Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Marriage Place (Original): , Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Marriage License Date: 26 Dec 1946
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