Mitchell County Georgia Obituaries Mary Lou Williams Ford 2002 ****************************************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ****************************************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sam Luckey Oct 2002 Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/mitchell.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Obituary of Mary Lou Williams Ford as written in "The Albany Herald" dated 5 Jan 2002. Mary W. Ford, 80, of 3403 Forrest Ridge Drive died Thursday, January 3, 2002, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. today at Byne Memorial Baptist Church with interment in Floral Memory Gardens. Dr. C. Michael Gravette and the Rev. Donald Cole officiating. A native of Colquitt County, GA, Mrs. Ford had lived in Albany for the past 64 years, was a member of Byne Memorial Baptist Church, the JOY Sunday School Class and the American Legion Auxiliary. Survivors include her husband, James O. Ford of Albany; two sons, Troy Dean Ford and his wife, Delores of Island Pond, Kenneth D. Ford and his wife, Sue of Albany; two sisters, Ruby W. Southwell and Louise W. McDaniel, both of Albany; six grandchildren, Traci Ford Howell of St. Augustine, Fla., Jennifer Ford of Yorktown, VA, Chris Ford of Blacksburg, VA, Jason Ford of Albany, Stacey Bannister of Albany and Kelli Davis of Albany and four great-grandchildren, Marcus Ford, Brandon E. Howell, Kyle Bannister and Brandon Davis. Those desiring may make memorials to Arise and Build at Byne Memorial Baptist Church, 2832 Ledo Road, Albany, GA 31707. Kimbrell-Stern, Funeral Directors, Albany 229/883-4152.