Biography of Archie W. Ford, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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Eighteen years ago, Archie W. Ford came to Forrest City from his hometown of Des
Arc for a visit with friends. He never left and today this ambitious young man
owns and operates his own successful business, Ford's Food Center, which he
opened Dec. of 1946. In the meantime he had owned and operated several service
stations, and started the city's first Western Auto store. He spent 26 months in
the U. S. Army in World War II. He met and married an attractive Forrest City
girl, Mary Ahlstedt Bernard. They now have two sons and a daughter.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas