Owana Ladd

SERVICES:  WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 20112:00 P. M. MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION:  TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 20115:00 - 8:00 P. M.INTERMENT:  OAK RIDGE CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  REV. BRITT COOPER Owana Ladd, 79, born July 1, 1932 went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, November 13, 2011 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson.   Mrs. Ladd was a native of Neshoba County.  She worked at the hospital in Carthage, MS before moving to Jackson where she was employed as a bookkeeper at Jackson Wholesale Building Supply and retired after 40 years.   Owana will mostly be remembered as a loving wife, a beloved mother to her son, Jerry, and a cherished friend.  She was an avid doll collector enjoyed spending time with her son Jerry doing photography (beautiful work) and like a little girl truly loved her yearly family vacations to the mountains. She will surely be missed by everyone. Love, patience, kindness =Owana.   She was preceded in death by her parents, Birtis Walton and Onie Walton and her husband, Howard Ladd.   Survivors include one son, Jerry Lynn Ladd of Ridgeland; one half sister, Omega Hunter of Union; brothers-in-law, Ernest Ladd of Brandon, Billy Joe Ladd of Jackson and Sidney Ladd, Jr. of Flowood; sisters-in-law, Blonzell Brown of Decatur and Sarah Glascoe of Mobile AL and numerous nieces and nephews.