Treestand memorial for a friend

[BowhunterNJ]

Saw this going around on Facebook, pretty wild if it's true.

 

 

[Turkeyboy44]

That's a great way to remember a fallen friend hope anyone that comes by this stand doesn't steal his stand and it would be even better to have his best friend hunt next to the stand and kill a nice buck

[mikejd]

That is great. Thats a friend.

[jerseyhunter]

anyone who steals that stand deserves the karma that follows it.

[elkman]

nice

[Rusty]

That's pretty cool. 

[thefirstndsecond]

Wow... 

 

nice idea for the buddy. Nice.

[Matty]

Did a quick search, everything adds up. His wifes maiden name is Parsons too, so the person that made the plaque was likely his brother in law. 

 

Sad that he died at 37 and left behind a family, but very neat memorial for a friend...

 

Here's the obituary I found.

 

 

      MICHAEL DAVID WARD

(Aug 05, 2003)

MICHAEL DAVID WARD, 37, of Kenova, died Friday at Beech Fork Lake. He is survived by his parents, Homer MacMaster Ward and Evelyn Louise Petry Ward of Wayne; his wife Mary Jane Parsons Ward, and their two children, April Rose Ward and Michael David Ward, Jr. all of Kenova. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at Johnson Nichols Funeral Home, Wayne; burial will follow in Mount Vernon Cemetery.

[LPJR]

Nice memorial in the woods where he loved to be.

[Zipper]

That's a great tribute to a buddy. RIP MIKE

[Jeremiah]

Knew mike personally he was a good man

 

[electric10162]

Pretty cool

[nmc02]

[Live to Hunt]

Very sad. To young to go 

[Mixbaghunter]

Cool way to remember a friend rip