Mr. James Douglas Ward

Published 8:08 pm Tuesday, July 17, 2012

A Memorial Service for Mr. James Douglas Ward, 69, of Anniston, will be at 2 PM on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at K.L. Brown Memory Chapel in Golden Springs with the Rev. Dr. Bill Snow officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Mr. Ward passed away on July 16, 2012 at NE Alabama Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Ward had retired after 40 years of service at Lee Brass Company. He is preceded in death by his parents, Charlie and Lucille Ward.

He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Patricia Ward; a daughter, Rebecca DiGangi and husband, John; a son, Keith Ward and wife, Sarah; grandchildren, Shelby Truitt, Alexis Fink, Dylan DiGangi, and Gracie and Avery Ward; his mother-in-law, Hildridge Mosely; sisters and brother-in-law, Peggy McDonald and Joyce Comer and her husband, Earl; brothers, Leonard Ward and Marvin Ward; and aunts, an uncle, nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 840692, Dallas, TX 75284-0692 (www.heart.org).

Online condolences may be made to the Ward family at www.klbrownmemorychapel.com.