Frances Payne Ward, of Durant, 89, died May 7, 2017, at the Holmes County Long Term Home in Durant. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. til 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 9, at the First United Methodist Church in Durant. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, May 10, also at the church. Burial will be in Parkway Cemetery in Kosciusko.
Mrs. Ward was a retired registered nurse at Methodist Hospital of Middle Mississippi, a member of the First United Methodist Church in Durant and a member of the Eastern Star.
Survivors are her husband of 64 years, Douglas Ward; son, Gene Ward (Tammy) of Indianola; daughter, Renee Burge (Byron) of Carriere; grandchildren, Callie Ward, Megan Hudson, Ashley Lowe, Brandi Wagner, Chase Burge, Connie Gore and J.T. Burge and 10 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Ward was preceded in death by her parents; her daughter, Sarah Beth Ward; her grandson, Stephen Ward; four brothers and seven sisters.
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 132 West Mulberry Street, Durant, MS 39063.
Arrangements are entrusted to Southern Funeral Home in Durant.
