Dougherty-Worth County GaArchives Obituaries.....Leary, Elizabeth "Sis" Ford  January 5, 2003
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The Albany Herald - Obituaries
Elizabeth Ford Leary

SYLVESTER — Elizabeth "Sis" Ford Leary, 83, of Sylvester died Sunday, January 
5, 2003, at her residence.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at First Baptist Church with interment in 
Hillcrest Cemetery. Dr. Tom Jacobs and the Rev. Steve Williams will officiate.

Mrs. Leary was born September 13, 1919 in Sylvester. She had lived in Sylvester 
and Atlanta most of her life. She retired from Northside High School as a 
teacher after 23 years. She was a landowner and had served as Worth County 
Goodwill Ambassador. She purchased the Baconton Charter School to be used by 
the community and was named in her honor as the Laura Ford Leary Building. She 
was a Navy veteran of WW II. She was also a retired Lt. Cmdr. of the U.S. Naval 
Reserve. She was a member of First Baptist Church and Daughters of the American 
Revolution.

Survivors include her niece, Phoebe K. Ford of San Jose, CA; nephew, Gates Ford 
of Sylvester.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Francis (Frank) B. Leary, May 1, 1988 
and parents, Dr. William Green Ford and Berta Lee Jenkins Ford.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church Building 
Fund, P.O.B. #309, Sylvester, GA 31791.

The family will receive friends today from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Banks Funeral 
Home.

Banks Funeral Home 

Sylvester 229/776-2055 


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