Hugh B. Ward Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe, LA Funeral services for Hugh B. Ward, 81, of West Monroe, LA will be 10:00 AM, Saturday, August 12, 2006 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel, West Monroe, LA with Rev. Gene Thomas and Rev. George Bonner officiating. Interment will be at Cypress Baptist Church Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe, LA. Mr. Ward was born April 9, 1925 in Calhoun, LA and passed away August 9, 2006 in West Monroe, LA. Mr. Ward died after a long courageous battle with emphysema. He is preceded in death by his parents, Johnny and Mamie Ward; sister, Alice Bell Clark; Kathy and Lynn≠s mother, Ruth Ward, two brothers; Bill Lowery and Lavelle Ward; one step-daughter, Sue Womack Belin; and one granddaughter, Kristy Womack Meredith. Mr. Ward is survived by his wife, Etta; one son, Ronnie Ward and wife Karen; two daughters, Kathy Greene of West Jefferson, North Carolina, Lynn Caples and husband Pete of West Monroe, LA; sister, Nellie McCarty of West Monroe; one step-son, Gary Womack and wife Sharon, one step-daughter, Tina Powell both of West Monroe; two special grandsons, David Evans and wife Natalie of McDonough, GA, Jason Evans and wife Beth of Boise, Idaho, eleven grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, two brothers-in-law, George Forcht and wife Mary Ann of Tampa, Florida, Charles Forcht and wife Wanda of Vancouver, WA, sister-in-law, Margaret Ward of Clear Lake Oaks, CA and a host of nieces, nephews and friends. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Visitation will be Friday, August 11, 2006 from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe, LA. Online messages may be sent to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes