Marsden Pendleton "MP" Ward, 83, passed peacefully from his earthly life on Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice Care Center.

He was born June 6, 1934 in Kelly, the son of the late Willie Jacob and Irma Lee Johnson Ward.

MP is survived by his wife of 20 years, Geneva Little Ward; sisters, Dorothy Gray Ward Peterson and Irma Faye Ward Humphrey and her husband, Alvin; four nieces; two nephews; six great nieces; five great nephews; two great great nieces; one great great nephew; and many extended family and friends.

He was a member of Haw Bluff Baptist Church and most recently attended Red Hill Pentecostal Church. MP was retired from General Electric Company, but first and foremost he was a caretaker of God's good earth by being a good farmer. MP served his country honorably in the US Army.

MP was a Christian and a wonderful husband, brother and uncle. Being a good friend to many, he always had a hand stretched out to help others. Amongst the legacies MP will leave are the importance of God, Family and Country.

The family will receive friends at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 in the Fellowship Hall of Haw Bluff Baptist Church with service beginning at 2:00 p.m. in the church sanctuary. Pastors Jacob Lewis, Calvin Malpass and Richard Wade will conduct the service. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

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A service of Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home Burgaw Chapel.