Cover photo for Shirley Ward's Obituary
Shirley Ward Profile Photo

Shirley Ward

January 30, 1940 — August 3, 2020

Shirley Ward

Shirley P. Ward, 80, of Little Rock passed from this life on August 3, 2020. She was born January 30, 1940 in Provo, Arkansas the daughter of the late Joe T. and Icie Jones Kemp. Mrs. Ward was employed with AAA for twenty-five years. After her retirement, she was employed with the Pulaski County Assessor’s office for another twenty-five years. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, William E. Ward; sister, Mary Elizabeth Whitington and grandson, James Christopher Elmore Jr.

Survivors include her children, Annette (Chris) Elmore of Little Rock, Angela (Dr. Douglas) Winter of Little Rock, Shawn (Carolina) Ward of California; grandchildren, Danielle (Tori) and Josh Brancca, Emily Elmore, Dr. Melissa (Patrick) Anderson, Benjamin S. Winter, Thiago Ramos, Dominique, Shawn L. and Noah Ward. Other survivors include great-grandchildren, Faith, Lukas and Marcus House; brother, Gus Kemp of Little Rock; along with a host of extended family and loved ones.

Funeral services will be 9:30a.m., Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at Smith Little Rock Funeral Home with Dr. Walter Smith officiating. Interment will follow at the Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery. Arrangements by Smith Little Rock Funeral Home, 8801 Knoedl Ct., Little Rock, Arkansas 72205. (501) 224-2200 . Sign Shirley’s online guestbook at www.smithfamilycares.com

To send flowers to Shirley's family, please visit our floral store.

Service Program

To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Shirley Ward, please visit our flower store.

Past Services

Funeral Service

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Starts at 9:30 am

Smith - Little Rock Funeral Home

8801 Knoedl Ct, Little Rock, AR 72205

Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text. Standard text messaging rates apply.

Interment

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Starts at 11:00 am

Arkansas State Veteran Cemetery, North Little Rock, Maryland Ave

TBA, TBA,

Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text. Standard text messaging rates apply.

Guestbook

Visits: 26

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the
Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Send Flowers

Send Flowers

Plant A Tree

Plant A Tree