Richard Franklin Ward

February 8, 1952 - March 17, 2013

Mr. Richard ""Ricky"" Franklin Ward, age 61, passed away Sunday, March 17, 2013. Funeral Services will be conducted Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 11AM in Williams Funeral Home of Gordon Chapel with Rev. Todd Black and Rev. Mitch Edge officiating. Interment will follow in Ramah Cemetery. The Family will be at the funeral home Tuesday Evening from 6-8PM to receive friends. Mr. Ward was a native of Hawkinsville, GA and had lived in Ivey, GA for the past 20 years. He was the son of the late Mary Pearson Ward. He retired from Norfolk-Southern Railroad where he worked in the track department in North Carolina. He is survived by his daughter Sheena Garad of Milledgeville; sons Todd (Tracey) Ward and Shane Ward all of Ivey; father Rupert Ward of SC; girlfriend Jacquelyn Roberts of Ivey; brother Eddie (Mary Ruth) Ward of SC; sisters Mary Lou Taylor of MS; Patricia Ann (Jay) Pearson of Gray and Janice Ward of Macon; and 7 grandchildren.