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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Dec 17, 2024

Eugene W. Ward, Nashville attorney and husband of Grand Ole Opry star Jeannie Seely, died Dec. 13 at age 92. He received his undergraduate degree from Lincoln Memorial University in 1956 and his law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1959. Ward practiced law in Morristown for two years before being appointed to assistant general counsel at the Tennessee Public Service Commission. He later served as general counsel, and then in 1986, moved to Nashville Electric Service (NES). He retired in 2011 as general counsel and vice president. Ward was a member of the Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations, as well as the American and the Tennessee Valley Public Power Associations and the Tennessee Municipal Electric Power Association. Services will take place at Spring Hill Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5110 Gallatin Pk., Nashville 37216 on Dec. 19. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. CST with a celebration of life at 1 p.m. The family requests that memorial donations be made to Shriner's Hospital for Children or the Opry Trust Fund.