Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henry Ward (politician)
Sources for the article's subject were readily found, two of which were in the top ten results of a Google search http://pogue.murraystate.edu/sp/MS/MS10-25.htmhttp://www.ktc.uky.edu/about/kentucky-transportation-hall-of-fame/henry-t-ward/. Also Ward has received significant coverage in a book https://books.google.com/books?id=T4sfBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA51 as well as in various newspaper articles which I've added to the page. I don't see anything in  that disqualifies using an obituary to substantiate significant coverage, but that notwithstanding, I believe the multiple sources I've found show this article meets 
— User:Altamel, 22:57, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BIO||WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)