Mr. Charles L. Ward, 89, resident of Adair Avenue and retired from Vulcan Products, died Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at Life Care Center. Graveside services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at Polk Memorial Gardens with David Vanwyk officiating. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements. Memorials may be made to Seventh Day Adventist Church, 870 Mooresville Pike, Columbia, TN 38401. Notes of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.oakesandnichols.com. A native of Jefferson County, Alabama he was the son of the late James L. Ward and Julia Stinson Ward. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Survivors include a cousin, Arthur (Elizabeth) Moore of Anniston, Alabama and special friends, Claudie Lindsey and Ted (Virginia) Lindsey both of Columbia and Phillip (Judy) Lindsey of Huntsville, Alabama.