Freeda Mae Ward

Freeda Mae Staggs Ward, 95, died Sunday. She was born July 7, 1920 in Mulberry, Ark., a daughter of the late Dolph and Eunice Espy Glaze. Freeda was a homemaker and retired from General Industries in Bald Knob. She was a member the Welcome Wagon in Jacksonville and the McArthur Assembly of God. Survivors: Son, Kenneth Staggs; sisters, Betty Hager, Wanda Gordon, Yvonne Merrell, Margaret Camacha; brother, D.N. Glaze, Junior; three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her first husband, James Elmer Staggs, and her second husband, Granville Ward; sisters, Imogene Ashworth, Tressie Shearer and Gertrude Glaze; brother, W.R. "Dub" Glaze. Visitation: Wednesday, December 23, 2015, beginning at 10 a.m. with funeral services following at 11 a.m. at the Powell Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the Shady Grove Cemetery by Powell Funeral Home, Bald Knob – Judsonia. www.powellfuneralhome.net.