November 14, 1970 ... Remembered

Memorial of the 1970 Marshall University Football Team Plane Crash

PARKER LAFON WARD

Parker Ward was born 1934 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Hez and Faustine Parker Ward. He was a graduate of the Marshall College Lab School, attended the Augusta Military Academy, and graduated from the University of North Carolina. He was the 36-year-old vice-president and general manager of Hez Ward Buick. He was survived by his wife, Mary Plyde Ward, two sons (Parker, Jr., and Stephen), and two daughters (Elizabeth and Sharon).

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