Individual Details

Tybee Island - Thomas Lee Ward, 74, died Dec 22, 2010 at Hospice Savannah, Inc. surrounded by his family and friends after a long courageous battle with cancer. Mr. Ward was born in Parris Island, SC and moved to Savannah over 65 years ago and has resided at Tybee Island since 1973. He graduated from Savannah High School and joined the Savannah Fire Department in 1958 and retired in 1989 as a Master Firefighter. Mr. Ward received a letter of commendation in 1980 from the City of Savannah for his heroic actions saving a young child. He was a member of Trinity Chapel UMC on Tybee Island where he served as an usher and a member of the choir. He was preceded in death by his father, Alber Allen Ward, Sr., mother, Willie Lee Brannan Ward Rowe, and brother, Timothy A. Ward. Surviving are his wife, Camille Ross Ward of Tybee Island; thee sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas L. Ward Jr and Cheryl War of Savannah; Tony R. Ward and Elizabeth Ward of Savannah; Ted B. Ward of Tybee Island; step-father, Damos Rowe of Oliver, GA; brother, Albert Allen Ward Jr. and his wife Brenda of Baton Rouge, LA; sister-in-law Gaile Ward of Savannah; seven grandchildren ...and several nieces and nephews.
....Burial: Hillcrest Abbey Memorial Park

Birth	9 Nov 1936	Parris Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina
Death	22 Dec 2010	Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia

Father	Albert Allen Shockey/Ward (1912 - 1944)
Mother	Willie Lee Brannen (1913 - 1998)
Sibling	Timothy Allen Ward (1935 - 2010)
Sibling	Albert A. Ward Jr. (1940 - 2020)