Marion Thomas Ward, 89, a McMinnville resident and Warren County native, died Nov. 25 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville. He was a retired employee of Burroughs-Ross-Colville, a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, a member of Armstrong Church of Christ, and son of the late Titus P. and Bytha Jane Simmons Ward. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sister, Bonnie Mae Miller; four brothers-in-law, James Martin, Edward Oliver, Douglas Haston and Richard Miller Jr., and sister-in-law, Jean Ward.