James Robert "Beef" Ward

Hey Jim,I remember the very 1st time I met you...I'm really going to miss your sense of humor...the time you ask me to help you, then when I reached over you..gee you gave the biggest yell I ever heard and I almost jumped up on top of you because I thought I had hurt you....you laughed and said I got ya...yell you did....I LOVE YA BIG BOY.....and to Amy and the rest of the family....THE LORD HAS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR ANGELS......LOVE YOU

Ward Family,

I regret the loss of your loved one, and my thoughts and prayers are with you.
Beef's obituary has inspired me to live life with a little more laughter, and for that I thank you.

Amy and Family -

What a wonderful way to remember a man who obviously had an amazing sense of humor and lived a great life with many people who were crazy about him. You are all in my thoughts and prayers.

My wife told me she had seen the funniest obituary she had ever read,and said she had saved it for me to read.Of course,she threw it out before I could read it.So I went to the Dispatch web site and looked it up-and she was right!Buffalo Butt and Old Fart!Too funny!If his obit can bring a laugh to thousands of people,and it has,this must have been some kind of guy.Although I did not have the pleasure of meeting Beef in this world,perhaps I will on the other side-and I'll be on the lookout for...

The fondest memories i have with Jim besides the pranks like the fakes arms and fart bombs, would be the times we went to concerts together.Jim did not care if you were short on funds. If he asked you to go, you went!!! the reason being is that Jim knew you would have a good time and he wanted to share in them.You would see him bob his head and raise his arms to the beat and have such a good time,sitting back and having a few brews and jammin' out. Wherever he is , he is having a good time...

Beef's obituary is the greatest I've ever seen. I didn't know him, but I bet he'd have loved it. It sounds like Buffalo Butt and Old Fart had a wonderful son.

Great obituary. I am still laughing about it.

I just wanted to thank everyone who has signed this. This has touched our hearts so much knowing that you all have gotten a laugh out of it. This is bring a huge smile to his face.
Jim I will miss the times that we have shared together, all the concerts that you was able to be at,Going to the Ohio State Fair Always for my birthday cause it fell on the same week. The paper/rubberband fights we had growing up, I never could win. You are always too good.
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james ward was a great man to all and he love to play board games yatzee was his fav, i think it was the game i know that was played the most since i knew him and i had fun playing yatzee with james and amy he won most time but rember this james "beef" when we meet again there will be a rematch lol we all love you and will miss you