Earnest Lee "Catfish" Ward age 75 of Moss Creek passed away Monday, March 9, 2026 at Chambers Memorial Hospital.

Catfish was born   May 5, 1950 in Danville, Arkansas to the late R.W. & Bernice Horn Ward. He was a retired logger.

Preceded in death by his parents.

Survivors include his wife, Nancy Ward; sons, Brad & Tanya Ward; James Ward & Donna Melton and Sam Ward & Jamie McGlone brothers, Sidney Ward and Dub Ward; sisters, Betty Lou Peugh and Anna Lou Earls; grandchildren, Blake & Kasey Ward, Nick Ward, Kelli Ward, Dalton & Summer Ward and Raylee Melton.

and 7 great-grandchildren,

Arrangements by Cornwell Funeral Home Danville and River Valley Crematory Dardanelle