Last month, Marion Ward, trombonist for Mobile's 135 year old EXCELSIOR BAND, died at age 80. Marion was born in Abbeville and grew up in Dothan where he graduated from Carver High. He spent his career teaching in the Mobile County schools. http://obits.al.com/obituaries/mobile/obituary.aspx?n=marion-alonzo-ward&pid=190509955&fhid=30641

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