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October 2, 1930 - August 15, 2021
Funeral services for Jimmie Lou Ward, 90, of Fairview, Oklahoma, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, August 19, 2021 at the First Baptist Church of Fairview with Dr. Stephen Graham officiating. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Pierce Funeral Home, Fairview.
Jimmie Lou Ward was born October 2, 1930 in Okemah, Oklahoma to James and Mattie (Rice) Weaver. She departed this life on Sunday, August 15, 2021 in Enid, Oklahoma.
Jimmie Lou was raised at Okemah, Oklahoma where she graduated high school. She then attended Oklahoma State University and ultimately earned her bachelors degree in education at Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva. She married her husband, Gene Ward, on January 27, 1951 in Okemah. She taught English and was the typing teacher at Fairview for many years. Jimmie Lou also taught many local children how to swim. Outside of caring for her family, her greatest treasure were the students that she was able to teach. She enjoyed playing bridge, gardening, canning and entering her canned goods for the Major County Fair. She also served many years on the Major County election board and was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma sorority. Jimmie Lou had a strong sense of community and enjoyed shopping locally in Fairview.
Jimmie Lou was preceded in death by her parents; her beloved husband Gene Ward; sister Sue and a brother, Charles; She is survived by her children, daughter Sharon Ward and son Gary Ward and wife Sherri; two sisters-in-law, Carole Weaver and Peggy Webb; brother-in-law Jim Ward and wife Celia; two grandsons, John Ward and spouse David and Steven Ward and wife Sara; great-grandchildren Dalen Ward and Evan Ward.
Memorials may be made to O.M.R.F., or the Fairview Education Foundation with the funeral home serving as custodian at P.O. Box 15, Fairview, OK 73737. Condolences may be made online at www.piercefuneralhomes.com.
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