Henry Matthew Ward

Henry Matthew Ward (Matt) was born in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee. He attended school there and Nashville, TN. He received his B.S. degree in instrumental music education from Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN, and his M.A. in instrumental music pedagogy from Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. He taught 15 years, first as a band director and the last six years as instructor back at his alma mater, MTSU. He entered real estate in 1980 and retired from it 25 years later in 2006. Since then, he has had the time to write and publish five books. He has written a biography "W. D. Mooney: Master Headmaster," about the founder of several prep schools including the renown 100+ year-old Battle Ground Academy of Franklin, TN; "Trumpet of the Lord," a book of trumpet descants to accompany over 100 well-known hymns, and containing a history of the biblical trumpets; "Universal Rx: The Hug and other poems, essays and short stories," a collection of many of his shorter writings; and edited and annotated an out-of-print book, "Nancy Ward: Military and Genealogical Records of the famous Indian Woman of Tennessee." His most recent book is a collection of stories and tales from a multitude of citizens of Murfreesboro titled, "True Stories (and other lies) Told at City Café."

Visit his website, parkbenchpub.com for a full description of each book.

Matt lives in Murfreesboro with his pianist wife, Patricia. They have two sons and seven grandchildren.