MR. HUGH FRANKLIN WARD, 84, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away on Sunday, May 4, 2008 at his home. He was born on August 15, 1923, in Rosston, Arkansas to Johnny Marshall and Bessie Inez Lewis Ward. He was a truck driver and farmer. He was a member of Union Baptist Church of Bodcaw, Ark. and an Air Force Veteran. He was preceded by his parents; by one daughter, Sheila Jean Adams and by one brother, Harold Ward. HIS SURVIVORS INCLUDE: HIS WIFE: (of 61 years) Eula Elizabeth Dixon Ward, Hope, Ark. ONE SON: Rev. Mike Ward and Mona, Spring Hill, Ark. ONE DAUGHTER: Elizabeth Ward Lewis and Bill, Hope, Ark. TWO BROTHERS: Denver Ward, Hope, Ark. Ray Ward, Bodcaw, Ark. THREE SISTERS: Verlene Cole, Buckner, Ark. Trudie Dillard, Bodcaw, Ark. Dorothy Jackson, Waldo, Ark. EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN, EIGHTEEN GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, THREE GREAT-GREAT- GRANDCHILDREN AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS. FUNERAL SERVICES will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 7, 2008, Union Baptist Church, Bodcaw Ark, with Rev. Joe Brown and Rev. Mike Ward officiating. Burial to follow in Union Cemetery, Bodcaw, Ark. Arrangements by BRAZZEL/Oakcrest Funeral Home, Hope, Ark. FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS: Tuesday, May 6, 2008, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., at Brazzel/Oakcrest Funeral Home, Hope, Ark.