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Ware's grandfather, Edwin O. Ware, Sr., a [[clergy]]man originally from [[Kentucky]], was a founder and first president of the [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site40.php|title=Ware, Edwin O.|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' by the Louisiana Historical Association|date=1988|page=825|accessdate=May 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120054027/http://www.lahistory.org/site40.php#|archive-date=2010-11-20|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref> from which Ware obtained his undergraduate degree in 1948. Ware, however, was a [[Presbyterian]]<ref name=whoswho/> [[Sunday school]] teacher.<ref name=deathofware/> Ware's father, Edwin, Jr., was born in Alexandria in 1897; his mother, the former Mary Louella Pierce (1902-1992), was from Calcasieu Parish, which includes [[Lake Charles]]. The couple married in 1922 and resided in Alexandria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=allgs&gss=sfs28_ms_r_f-2_s&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=Louella&gsln=Ware&mswpn__ftp=Alexandria%2C%20Louisiana&MSAV=1&cp=0&catbucket=rstp&uidh=upc|title=Louella Ware|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref>​

Ware's grandfather, Edwin O. Ware, Sr., a [[clergy]]man originally from [[Kentucky]], was a founder and first president of the [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site40.php|title=Ware, Edwin O.|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' by the Louisiana Historical Association|date=1988|page=825|accessdate=May 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120054027/http://www.lahistory.org/site40.php#|archive-date=2010-11-20|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref> from which Ware obtained his undergraduate degree in 1948. Ware, however, was a [[Presbyterian]]<ref name=whoswho/> [[Sunday school]] teacher.<ref name=deathofware/> Ware's father, Edwin, Jr., was born in Alexandria in 1897; his mother, the former Mary Louella Pierce (1902-1992), was from Calcasieu Parish, which includes [[Lake Charles]]. The couple married in 1922 and resided in Alexandria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=allgs&gss=sfs28_ms_r_f-2_s&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=Louella&gsln=Ware&mswpn__ftp=Alexandria%2C%20Louisiana&MSAV=1&cp=0&catbucket=rstp&uidh=upc|title=Louella Ware|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref>​

Ware was the third of five children. His only brother, William Eaton "Bill" Ware (1930-2013) of Haughton in Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana, served in the [[United States Air Force]] and was stationed in the Pacific Proving Grounds during the nuclear testing on Bikini Island. He later worked for [[General Motors]] in [[Shreveport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=william-eaton-ware-bill&pid=164450402&fhid=10225#sthash.dlXZ2QGV.dpuf|title=William Eaton "Bill" Ware|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=April 26, 2013|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> Ware's three sisters, all deceased, were Dorothy Ruth Brown (1924-1966), who died at the age of forty-two in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_r_f-2_s&gsfn=Dorothy+Ruth&gsln=Ware&msbdy=&msbpn__ftp=Alexandria%2C+Louisiana%2C+USA&msddy=1966&msdpn__ftp=Fort+Worth%2C+Texas%2C+USA&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=000&cp=0|title=Dorothy Ruth Ware|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> Jewel Ware Dean (1925-2011), an English teacher in Livingston Parish  near Baton Rouge,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Jewell-Dean&lc=2672&pid=153480492&mid=4801845|title=Jewell Dean|publisher=obits.dignitymemorial.com|date=September 5, 2011|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> and Mary Louella Ware Dvorak (1933-2009) of Blanchard in McClain County, [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Dvorak&GSfn=Mary&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GSsr=121&GRid=34695611&df=all&|title=Mary Louella Ware Dvorak|publisher=''The Daily Oklahoman''|location=[[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]]|date=March 11, 2009|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref>​

Ware was the third of five children. His only brother, William Eaton "Bill" Ware (1930-2013) of Haughton in Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana, served in the [[United States Air Force]] and was stationed in the Pacific Proving Grounds during the nuclear testing on Bikini Island. He later worked for [[General Motors]] in [[Shreveport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=william-eaton-ware-bill&pid=164450402&fhid=10225#sthash.dlXZ2QGV.dpuf|title=William Eaton "Bill" Ware|publisher=''[[Alexandria Town Talk]]''|date=April 26, 2013|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> Ware's three sisters, all deceased, were Dorothy Ruth Brown (1924-1966), who died at the age of forty-two in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_r_f-2_s&gsfn=Dorothy+Ruth&gsln=Ware&msbdy=&msbpn__ftp=Alexandria%2C+Louisiana%2C+USA&msddy=1966&msdpn__ftp=Fort+Worth%2C+Texas%2C+USA&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=000&cp=0|title=Dorothy Ruth Ware|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> Jewel Ware Dean (1925-2011), an English teacher in Livingston Parish  near Baton Rouge,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Jewell-Dean&lc=2672&pid=153480492&mid=4801845|title=Jewell Dean|publisher=obits.dignitymemorial.com|date=September 5, 2011|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> and Mary Louella Ware Dvorak (1933-2009) of Blanchard in McClain County, [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Dvorak&GSfn=Mary&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GSsr=121&GRid=34695611&df=all&|title=Mary Louella Ware Dvorak|publisher=''The Daily Oklahoman''|location=[[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]]|date=March 11, 2009|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref>​

After Ware graduated from Bolton High School in Alexandria, he served stateside as an enlisted man from 1945 to 1946 in the [[United States Navy]]. He was thereafter a lieutenant commander in the Navy Reserve.<ref name=whoswho/>

After Ware graduated from Bolton High School in Alexandria, he served stateside as an enlisted man from 1945 to 1946 in the [[United States Navy]]. He was thereafter a lieutenant commander in the Navy Reserve.<ref name=whoswho/>