LUCY O. WARD

STURDIVANT -- Lucy O. Ward, 80, of Sturdivant died Tuesday, Dec. 22, 1998, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

She was born March 12, 1918, in Wayne County to George and Elsie Smith Sweet.

She married Raymond Virgil Ward on May 15, 1936. He died May 4, 1981.

She was a former Wappapello-area resident and had lived in Sturdivant since 1976. She was a member of New Life Missionary Baptist Church in Wappapello.

Survivors include a daughter, Marjorie Crites of Oran; a son, Troy Ward of Holcomb, Kan.; a sister, Gladys Richmond of Wappapello; two stepsisters, Martha Ward of Puxico and Nellie Bentoff of Breeze, Ill.; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Two brothers, three sisters and a stepbrother preceded her in death.

Visitation will be Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Puxico. Services will be Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at the funeral home, with the Rev. Alvie Richmond of Wappapello officiating. Burial will follow in Puxico Cemetery.