SR., Fred Wayne WARE

Rock Island, TN resident and Warren County native Fred Wayne Ware, Sr., age 69, was born November 27, 1941 and died May 23, 2011 at River Park Hospital following an sudden illness. An employee of Martin Crating Company, United States Army and Tennessee Army National Guard veteran and member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late John Wayne and Eva Jean Christian Ware. He was married June 21, 1969 to Wilma Garnett Prater of Rock Island, TN. In addition to his wife, he is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Fred Wayne and Traci Ware, Jr. of Rock Island, TN; daughter, Eva Tanner of McMinnville; step-daughter and step-son-in-law, Melissa and Jim Keiss of Knoxville, TN; four grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, one great-grandchild and one step-great-grandchild; brother, Johnny Ware of McMinnville; two sisters and brother-in-law, Betty Jean and Willard Butcher of McMinnville and Judy McGlothen of Rock Island, TN; mother-in-law, Mary Jane Prater of the Centertown Community and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 26, 2011 in High's Chapel with Titus Ward officiating. Burial followed in the Smyrna Cemetery with full military honors administered by the VFW Post 5064 and American Legion Post 173.