Son of Andrew Jackson and Sarah Anne Camoline Harmon Ward.
Married (1) Birdie Ann Mast on 17 Jan 1920 in Watauga County, NC.
Married (2) Hollie Elizabeth Wagner Adams on 31 Jan 1953 in Boone, NC.

Watauga Democrat Thurs., July 25,1963 p1 col 1-2; p8 col 1
Lionel Ward Dies; Is Called Suicide
Lionel Ward, well-known district veterans service officer, shot himself about 11:45 a.m. Friday at his home in Boone and died about 7:30 p.m. in Watauga Hospital, Sheriff Dallas Cheek reported.
No reason had been found for the act, Sheriff Cheek said. Coroner Richard Kelly declared the death a suicide and stated that no inquest would be necessary.
According to the Sheriff, Ward called his (Ward's) office at the County Building in Boone and told a girl who took the call that he was going to shoot himself.
The girl telephoned the sheriff who, in turn, went to the County Building--a rock structure which sits a few yards from the sheriff's office. Sheriff Cheek stated that "after calming the girl down enough to find out what was the matter," he ran back to the Sheriff's Department where he phoned the Ward residence, hoping to "talk him out of it."
However, after the phone rang "five or six times," the sheriff and jailer J. C. Brown drove to Ward's home, about one-and-a-half miles west of the county building.
At the Ward house, Cheek and Brown found all three outside doors locked from within. However, Brown detected a small slit in the rear screen through which he inserted a pocket knife to lift the latch.
Cheek entered the house first and found Ward lying on a bed in a bedroom. A bullet had entered the right temple and passed through the opposite side of the skull. He was clutching a .22 calibre rifle.
No note was found, Sheriff Cheek said. He did note, however, that it was commonly known that Ward's health was not good, Cheek also said that Ward could have retired several years ago on 100 per cent disability.
Ward had been out of his office Thursday because of an attack of asthma, jailer Brown stated.
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Ward became Watauga veterans service officer in 1920 when the county's first American Legion post was organized in Boone. He had been post Commander, Post Adjutant and a member of the VFW.
He did the job without pay until 1944 when the state Veterans Commission was established and such positions were put on the state payroll.
Besides Watauga he had been serving nearby counties which had no veteran officers.
Born in Watauga County on June 26, 1894 to the late Andrew Jackson Ward and Cameline Harmon Ward, he was first married to the late Miss Birdie Ann Mast. The couple had three children, Mrs. W. S. Ellis of Athens, Ga., John Edward and Jack Edgar of Boone; and three grandchildren.
After the death of his first wife some years ago, Ward married the former Mrs. Hollie Adams of Boone, mother of two sons, Zeb Adams of Sunnyvale, California, and Melvin Adams of Baker, Oregon.
Mr. Ward farmed from the time he quit school until he joined the army in 1917. He served in Belgium and France during the first World War and also served in the army of occupation.
He was a member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church, and was secretary of the Adult Men's Sunday School class five years. He was a Mason.
He was supervisor of roads two years.
Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Oak Grove Baptist Church with Dr. J. C. Canipe and Rev. W.E. Polk officiating. Burial was at Hines Cemetery.
In addition to his two sons and daughter, three grandchildren, his second wife, and two step-sons, Ward is survived by a brother, Sam Ward of Beech Creek.