Billie Ward

Mrs. Billie Boone "Way-Way Ward, age 86, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Wednesday, March 29, 2006, in Biloxi, MS. Mrs. Ward was a resident of the community since 1991. She was a resident of Quality Hospice in Biloxi, MS. since Hurricane Katrina. She was a member of the West Jackson Baptist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star, both in Jackson, TN. Mrs. Ward was preceded in death by her husband, Otis Harvey Ward, her parents, Joseph Otha and Margaret Ellender Hall Boone, a sister, Gladys Boone and brother, Jack Boone. Survivors include two daughters, Ellen (Van) Arnold and Dr. Betsy Boone (Lee) Roudebush, all of Ocean Springs, MS., three sisters, Minnie Lee Ward and Mildred Wagner, both of Jackson, TN., and Janet Black of Bolivar, TN., and three grandchildren, Valerie Arnold, Vanessa Arnold and Van M. Arnold, III. Visitation will be on Saturday, April 1, 2006, from 12 Noon - 2 PM, followed by a 2 PM chapel service, all at the Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home. Burial will be in Biloxi National Cemetery on Monday, April 3, 2006. View and sign register book at www.bradfordokeefe.com.