Charles "Charlie" Galloway Ward, Jr.

Charles "Charlie" Galloway Ward, Jr. age 93, passed away on Friday, April 24, 2026, at Brooklyn Hall Personal Care Home in Mathiston, Mississippi. Mr. Ward was born on March 22, 1933, in Red Bay, Alabama to the late Charles "Bishop" Galloway Ward, Sr. and Ruby West Ward. He was a retired Certified Public Accountant and Founding Partner of Watkins, Ward and Stafford, PLLC and member of the Eupora Methodist Church in Eupora, Mississippi. He also served in the United States Army and served in Japan and Korea. Mr. Ward is survived by his daughter, Karen "Sissy" (Mark) Stewart of Brevard, North Carolina; son, Charles "Chuck" Ward III of Eupora, Mississippi; three grandchildren, Charlie Stewart, Lacey Stewart and Hallie (Chad) Cunningham and three great grandchildren, Cash, Coy and Pressley Kay Cunningham with one more great grandchild to be born soon. He is preceded in death by his loving wife of sixty plus years, Margaret Katherine "Kay" Lacey Ward and both parents, Charles "Bishop" Galloway Ward, Sr. and Ruby West Ward. Funeral Services will be held at Eupora Methodist Church in Eupora, Mississippi on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at 11:00AM. The family will receive friends and loved ones for a time of visitation on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, from 10:00AM until time for services all at Eupora Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Eupora City Cemetery in Eupora, Mississippi. The Graveside/Committal Services will all be held at Eupora Methodist Church instead of Eupora City Cemetery. Rev. Nathan Phillips will officiate the services. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that all memorials in Mr. Ward's honor be made to Eupora Methodist Church or The Eupora Cross of Christ. Oliver Funeral Home of Eupora is honored to be entrusted with all arrangements for the Ward family.

A more complete obituary of Mr. Ward's life and accomplishments will be forthcoming.