EDNA WARD, 87

Schoolteacher

OCALA -- Mrs. Edna Louise Patterson Ward of Ocala, who has family in Lakeland, died of pneumonia Thursday (Oct. 14, 2004) at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. She was 87.

Born in Reddick, she later moved to Ocala. She was a retired schoolteacher, and a member of the Marion County Retired Teachers Association. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Stanley Chapel No. 138. She was a member of Club Charmont in Reddick, and the Whitehurst Ladies Society in Lakeland. She was a member of the Marion Senior Citizens Club in Reddick. She was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Ocala. She was a member of the Florida Memorial College Alumni, Marion County Chapter.

Mrs. Ward was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Ward. She is survived by her son, Marvin Ward, Pensacola; daughters, Rhonda W. Evans, Lakeland, Judy A. Ward, Nashville, Ark.; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.

Services were at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Ocala.