Robert Ralph Ward, 80, of Woodstock, Georgia, died Friday, Feb.  22, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. He was born April 3, 1938, in Water Valley, Mississippi, to the late Ralph Ward and Mozelle Martin Ward Tillman.   He worked and later retired after 26 years as the Chief for the City of Water Valley Fire Department.

Visitation is planned for Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, at Seven Oaks Funeral Home from 12 p.m. until 2 p.m. Services will begin at 2 p.m.  in the Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks Funeral Home. Seven Oaks Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.