Jean Mackey Ward

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PO Box 602
Eureka Springs, AR  72632
Jean Mackey Ward

of Eureka Springs, AR

February 12, 1926 - December 12, 2014

Jean Mackey Ward, age 88 of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, passed away Friday, December 12, 2014, at Brighton Ridge in Eureka Springs. Jean was born February 12, 1926, in Post, Texas, the daughter of Samuel Baxter and Ione Finnin (Durham) Bardwell. Jean was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Lt. Richard L. Rist and Duane Ward; her son, Douglas Duane Ward; a daughter, Casandra Sue Ward; two brothers, Nelson and Durham Bardwell; and her sister, Mary Lee Bryant;

Jean was of the Protestant faith. She was raised in Post and Lubbock, Texas and lived in Whaley Bridge, England for a time. She married Lt. Richard L. Rist February 20, 1944, a World War II pilot who was killed 6 months after the wedding. Jean then married Duane Ward September 5, 1945, in Lubbock, Texas. Jean moved to Eureka Springs, Arkansas in 1966. She was a homemaker and enjoyed Bible study and sewing projects for her home.

Jean is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Samuel and Linda Ward, of Eureka Springs, Arkansas; her grandsons, Neil Ward of Salina, Kansas and Cory Ward of Miami, Florida; her granddaughters, Chesney Ward of Bedford, Texas, Jessica Summerbell of Kenya, Africa, and Holly Lin Ray of Lake Dallas, Texas; six great-grandchildren; and many other family and dear friends.



Memorial may be made to the Salvation Army, P.O. Box 602, Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632

Burial was private.

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