_William Jefferson WARD _+
                                            | (1877 - 1950) m 1893    
                       _Edgar WARD _________|
                      | (1907 - 1997) m 1933|
                      |                     |_Lucinda PRESTON ________+
                      |                       (1877 - 1960) m 1893    
 _George H. WARD _____|
| (1939 - ....)       |
|                     |                      _Charles Wesley BURKE ___+
|                     |                     | (1893 - 1961) m 1912    
|                     |_Shirley Mae BURKE __|
|                       (1915 - 2001) m 1933|
|                                           |_Grace PRESTON __________+
|                                             (1894 - 1992) m 1912    
|
|--Bryan Nelson WARD 
|  (1967 - ....)
|                                            _________________________
|                                           |                         
|                      _Oliver ROGERS ______|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_________________________
|                     |                                               
|_Lois P. ROGERS _____|
  (1939 - ....)       |
                      |                      _________________________
                      |                     |                         
                      |_Maggie THOMAS ______|
                                            |
                                            |_________________________