Shelby Lee Ward Jr., 31, of Erlanger, Kentucky died on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 in Dry Ridge, Kentucky as the result of a boating accident on Williamstown Lake in Kentucky. He was born on March 16, 1975 in Piqua, Ohio to Shelby Lee Ward Sr. and Nikita Whitmore Ward. He is survived by his parents; "Nana" Sandra Colker; son, Edward Allen Knight of Huber Heights, OH; sister, Shelly Ward-Halcomb of Troy, OH; nephew, Brandon War of Troy, OH and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. He was preceded in death by his uncle, James Ward; grandparents; Marguerite and James Ward, grandfather, Warren Whitmore and two infant brother and two infant sisters. He was a 1994 graduate of Troy High School and attended Bluffton College for two years. He was a supervising foreman with Blacksmith Distributing in Dry Ridge, Kentucky.