Billy Ray Ward

Billy Ray Ward, 81, of McDavid, Fla., died Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 in McDavid.

Mr. Ward was born March 20, 1937, to Thomas Jackson and Clara Luticia Brunson Ward in McDavid, and attended Century High School. Joining the U.S. Air Force, he graduated from from the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a bachelor's degree and later retired from the Air Force and Civil Service at NAS Pensacola. He was also a member of both Ray's Chapel Baptist Church and the Walnut Hill Ruritan Club.

The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 15, at Ray's Chapel Baptist Church with Rev. Nathan Brown officiati...