MARY JEAN WARD WAS BORN ON MARCH 29TH 1938 IN WATKINSVILLE GA TO LENA (ELDER) AND

MILLEGE MOON. MARY WAS THE 2ND DAUGHTER BORN IN THE FAMILY THAT EVENTUALLY GREW

TO HAVE 5 GIRLS COSTELLA, MARY, LINDA, ANNIE & RENEE. COSTELLA TRAGICALLY PASSED AND

MARY BECAME THE BIG SISTER. MARY WAS VERY PROUD TO BE A BIG SISTER TO THEM.

MARY GREW UP IN ATHENS GA. THE FAMILY ATTENDED CHURCH FAITHFULLY AND MARY BUILT A

LIFELONG RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. DURING HER YOUTH SHE LOVED PLAYING SPORTS

ESPECIALLY BASKETBALL. MARY HAD A BIG FAMILY WITH LOTS OF AUNTS, UNCLES, AND COUSINS.

SHE LOVED HER BIG FAMILY, SHE ESPECIALLY LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH HER GRANDPARENTS

ON THEIR FARM

MARY MARRIED ESSE T WARD IN 1953 AND GREW HER FAMILY TO INCLUDE 5 CHILDREN GLORIA,

THOMAS, ALLISON, DEREK, AND SHARON. MARY LOVED THEM WITH ALL HER HEART. MARY

MOVED TO BOSTON MA IN 1955 AND WORKED SEVERAL JOBS INCLUDING WOOLWORTHS AND

SCHRAFTS CANDY COMPANY BUT THE JOB SHE LOVED MOST WAS BETH ISREAL HOSPITAL SHE

WORKED THERE 15 YRS BEFORE FINALLY RETIRING. AFTER RETIRING MARY MOVED HOME TO GA

FOR A WHILE BUT EVENTUALLY RETURNED TO BOSTON

IN HER LATER YEARS MARY LIVED IN BROCKTON MA WHERE SHE WAS ALWAYS SURROUNDED BY

FAMILY AND LOTS OF LOVE TILL HER VERY LAST DAYS. MARY JOINED HER PARENTS, SISTER

COSTELLA. DAUGHTER ALLISON AND GRANDSON RAYMOND WHO PROCEEDED HER IN DEATH.

MAY LEAVES HER LASTING MEMORY ON HER REMAINING CHILDREN GLORIA. THOMAS. DEREK.

SHARON AND THEIR SPOUSES, GRANDCHILDREN SAMYA, DENITRA, STEFFANII, AIDYN, AND

CASSANDRA. GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN MAKHI. DAYTON. IOSIAH AND DY'LENA. SHE ALSO LEAVE

TO MOURN HER SISTER LINDA. ANNIE. RENEE AND THEIR SPOUSES. ALONG WITH A HOST OF

NEICES, NEPHEWS, EXTENDED FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Visitation on Friday, November 11, from 11:00 to 1:00pm. A funeral service will be held at 12:30pm.

Relatives  and friends are invited to attend.

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