Bruce Champion Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Bruce Champion (Frisco City, Alabama), born in Franklin, Alabama, who passed away on May 13, 2021, at the age of 91, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Bruce Champion to show support.
She was predeceased by: her former husband William Hobson Ward; her husband Mervin Champion; her son Ronald H. Ward; her stepgranddaughters, Melba M. Rivenbark and Deborah T. Nutt; her parents, Noah McKinley and Mary B. McKinley; her stepdaughters, Lillie W. Turberville, Ann W. Harden, Geraldine W. Matchett, Tommie W. Eady, Betty W. Franklin and Rebecca W. Brooks; and her siblings, Clarence McKinley, Clyde McKinley, Melton McKinley, Oscar McKinley, Joe McKinley, Mary Cornelious McKinley, Nolia M. Turberville, Irene M. Rowell, Bessie M. Stabler, Lola M. Turberville and Ruth M. Brown.
She is survived by: her children, William I. Ward, Nell W. Cardwell (Keith), Samuel Alton Ward (Barbara), Pamela W. Watson (Michael) and Timothy Champion; her stepdaughter Annette W. Maye (Henry); her grandchildren, Scott Ward, Stephanie W. Hilyer, Katherine Ward, Jennifer C. Newsome, Julie C. Buck, Cody Watson, Nicholas Watson, Steven Champion and Kevin Champion; and her stepgrandchildren, Joan Melton, Amy Bell, Terry Harden, Susan McKenzie, Jeff Harden, James McKinley, Christine Lewis, Randy Brooks, Sherry Minnick, Jimmy White, Jan White, Shirley Powell, John Eady, Jr., Diane Ward, Betty Eady, Linda Watkins, Dewayne Eady and Shannon Champion. She is also survived by twelve great-grandchildren; and thirty-four step-great-grandchildren.
