Liletta Morris Ward, (born Liletta Jerome Morris), entered this world on May 17, 1944 and departed this life on May 13, 2025. Celebration of Life Services are scheduled for Saturday, May 17, 2025, 2-5 PM from Church of the Highlands 4255 Taylor Rd, Montgomery, AL 36116.

Her legacy and accomplishments are a direct extension of the love and guidance of her parents, the late Jerome Z. Morris and Thelma Smiley Morris.

Liletta accepted Christ at a young age as a member of Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church. Throughout her life, her spiritual journey and connection to God’s Word continued to deepen, ultimately leading her to a spiritual home at The Church of the Highlands. It was there that she drew the strength to face her illness with courage and perseverance, enduring it with unwavering faith until the very end.

As the daughter of the supreme educator, Thelma Smiley Morris, Liletta attended grade schools in Alabama, North Carolina and Florida, culminating in a bachelor’s degree in education from Fisk University, where she pledged the Pi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. She later received her master’s degree in education from Tennessee State University. She went on to teach in the Montgomery Public School System for over 40 years as a speech therapist and reading specialist, touching hundreds of students’ and teachers’ lives in the process.

Beyond teaching formative minds, which she loved, she was the consummate wife and mother to her husband and children. She is preceded in death by her husband, the late Daniel David Ward, and her daughter, Michelle Lynise Jackson. She leaves a legacy of love, joy and excellence in her children: Billy (Yolanda) Jackson, Sr., Dyann Ward, Danielle (Dwan) Mason; her grand-children: Michele Boyd, Alysa Jackson, Kennedy Martin, Will Jackson, Jordan Mason, and Jaxon Mason; and her great grand-children: Angelique Boyd, Lakeem Boyd, Jr., Kai’ir Boyd, and Eris Carter.

To meet Liletta was to know her, and to know her was to love her. Her radiant smile and boundless energy lit up every room she entered, leaving a lasting impression of kindness, warmth, and generosity on everyone she met. Her faith in God was steadfast and unwavering, and now she rests peacefully in His eternal embrace.

“Well done, good and faithful servant… Enter into the joy of your Lord.” – Matthew 25:23