BEAVER DAM, Ky. — Jonnie English Ward, 64, of Beaver Dam, went to her heavenly home Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019, at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. She was born Feb. 8, 1955, in Ohio County, Kentucky, to the late Franklin Wayne English and Grace Wilma Scott Griffith and Alcyon Scott.
Jonnie was a homemaker and member of Echols General Baptist Church. She enjoyed sewing, photography, cooking, gardening and spending time with her grandchildren.
Aside from her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Kenneth Charles English, Charles E. English, and William “Buddy” English.
She leaves behind to cherish her memory, five children, Jennifer Sexton, of Horse Branch, Kentucky, Greg (Mandy) Givens, of Beaver Dam, Kristy (Ricky) Neighbors, of Centertown, Kentucky, Misty (Billy) Doss, of Centertown, and Darrel (Phylisha) Culbertson, of Centertown; 16 grandchildren, Justin (Jennifer) Tines, Jonathan (Donna) Tines, Bradley Weathers, Amber Carroll, Anthony Culbertson, Matthew (Andrea) Fuqua, Derrick Neighbors, Jared Ball, Payne Evans, Destiny Frizzell, Alexis Marie Givens, Jeremiah Stewart, Alan Ray Givens, Andrew Neighbors, Devin Neighbors, and Janna Stewart; three stepgrandchildren, Blake Cannon, of Fordsville, Kentucky, Tyler Doss, of Cromwell, Kentucky, and Kanenon Doss, of Hartford; nine great-grandchildren; six siblings, Grace Ann English, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Jequeta Barnes, of Beaver Dam, Amanda Gilstrap, of Horse Branch, Mark A. English, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, Holly English, of Illinois, and Bobbie Jo Villalba, of Beaver Dam; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, at William L. Danks Funeral Home in Beaver Dam, Kentucky with Bro. Tim Hall officiating. Burial will follow in Echols Cemetery. Friends may visit with Jonnie’s family from 10 a.m. until the time of the service Monday at the funeral home.
The family request expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to, Jonnie English Ward Memorial Fund, c/o William L. Danks Funeral Home, PO Box 407, Beaver Dam, KY 42320.
Online condolences may be left for the family of Jonnie English Ward by visiting her memorial tribute at www.danksfuneralhome.com.