TROY, Mo. -- David Robert Ward, infant son of Kendall and Jennifer Candice "Candy" Ward of Troy, died at birth Sunday, Oct. 20, 2002, at St. John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis.
He is survived by his parents; one brother, Andrew Ward of Troy; one sister, Grace Ward of Troy; maternal grandparents Don and Marilyn Barnes and Don and Connie Reimann of Sikeston, Mo.; paternal grandparents Lindel and Janice Ward of Zalma, Mo.; maternal great-grandparents Billy and Jerry Lewis of Sikeston, Bernice Barnes of Canalou, Mo., and Walter and Mary Reimann of McClure, Ill.; and paternal great-granmother Jewell French of Poplar Bluff, Mo.
He was preceded in death by paternal great-grandparents.
Friends may call from 1 p.m. until time of service Wednesday at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. at the funeral home, with burial following in Garden of Memories Cemetery.
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