Background
Ward, Lee was born on December 13, 1906 in Piggott, Arkansas, United States. Son of Thomas Henry and Ida Elnora (Hughes) Ward.
Ward, Lee was born on December 13, 1906 in Piggott, Arkansas, United States. Son of Thomas Henry and Ida Elnora (Hughes) Ward.
Student Washington University, Saint Louis, 1927-1929, Arkansas Law School, 1935-1938.
With Shell Petroleum Corporation, 1929-1933. Law clerk to attorney Old Testament Ward, Rector, Arkansas, 1933-1935. Admitted to Arkansas bar, 1938, Supreme Court of the United States Court bar, 1956.
Private practice, Little Rock, 1938-1942, Paragould, Arkansas, 1947-1954, Jonesboro, Arkansas, 1961-1971.
Trial judge 12th Chancery District Arkansas, 1955-1960. President, Abundant Life Institute Board of directors Ozark Creative Writers, Incorporated.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945. Member American, Arkansas bar associations, American Judicature Society, American Legion (past department commander), American Academy Political and Social Science, International Platform Association. Club: Sugar Creek Country.
Married Pearl Fulks, October 13, 1929. 1 child, Carol Lee (Mistress William Doctorate. Jenness III).