Mrs. Thelma Frances Walker Ward, age 91, of Summerville, GA, died Friday, September 5, 2014, at the Golden Living Center in Rome, GA.
 
Mrs. Ward was born August 10, 1923, in Rome, GA, daughter of the late James Lewis and Plinie Pauline Jackson Walker.  She was a homemaker, a gardener, and an active member of the Ebenezer Baptist Church.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Clayton Ward; brothers and sisters, Daisy Gentry, Irene Walters, Buster Walker, Walt Walker, Ethel Roper, Clara Belle Chapman, Hairm Walker, and Henry Walker; and her son-in-law, Nick Sweatman.
 
Mrs. Ward is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Gary “Pinky” and Betty Ward; a daughter, Pat Sweatman; grandchildren, Annette and Joe Lanham, Tracy and Darryl Ivy, Bradley and Kim Ward, Dee Shedd, Michele and Britt Copeland; great-grandchildren, Eston Burdick, Devin Burdick, Tabitha Burdick, Jesse Crider, Jasmine Crider, Tripp Lanham, Garyson Lanham, Kyla Ward, Nicholas Copeland, Noah Copeland, Mason Shedd, Braden Shedd, and Chloe Shaw.
 
Funeral services for Mrs. Ward will be held at 5:00 P.M. Sunday, September 7, 2014, from the Ebenezer Baptist Church with Pastors Doug Mattox, Larry Scoggins, and Kenny Jennings officiating.  Burial will follow in the Subligna Cemetery.  Pallbearers will be great-grandchildren.
 
Mrs. Ward will be in state at the Ebenezer Baptist Church and the family will receive friends from 3:00 P.M. until the hour of service on Sunday.  At other hours, the family will receive friends at the home of Gary and Betty Ward.
 

Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Thelma Frances Walker Ward who died on Friday.