Mona Jean Ward made her debut on October 6, 1958 in Opelika, AL as the first of five children to Willie Fletcher Ward and Doris Mae Ward. She made her Grand Finale on May 29, 2020 surrounded by family. Foxy Mona, Mo Mo, or Jean as she was affectionately known was a 1977 graduate of Opelika High School where she made many life-long
On September 3, 1974 Mona welcomed her beloved and only daughter Keisha Menise Ward-Whitehead. The two were inseparable. Keisha blessed her mother with three grandchildren. Mona would proudly say, “my four and no more”. To know Mona was to love Mona. She brightened up any room she entered. She was the life of the party. Mo Mo loved music and LOVED to dance, she loved to shop and loved her leopard print, but most importantly, she loved God and accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior at a young age. Mona was a proud, faithful member of New Birth Baptist Church in Stonecrest, GA where she served on the usher board.
Mona is preceded in death by her parents and brother, Randall E. Ward.
Mona Jean leaves to cherish her memory: daughter, Keisha Whitehead; beloved grandchildren, Jaren, Jarius, and Jada Whitehead all of Conyers, GA; sister, Viola Tyson (Jerome); brothers, Willie Fletcher Ward, Jr. (Bubba Lou) and Wilbur C. Ward; nieces, Amina Ward-Grimes (Tony) and Shantia Holcey; nephew, Willie Fletcher Ward, III (Lil Bubba); her New Birth family; classmates and a host of cousins and friends.
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