Criminal Justice Matters: Sherman Ford, 1973, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 4, 1973 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Sherman Ford Appointed Deputy Sheriff

Sherman Ford has been appointed deputy sheriff in Winn Parish, Sheriff R. S.
Jordan announced.  Ford lives in Winnfield, 811 Ames Wells Street.  He is
40.  His wife is the former Valentine Moore, a native of Winnfield.  The
Fords have two daughters, Mrs. Robert Lee Jones and Mrs. Jessie Jewett.  Ford
was born in Olla and is a lifelong resident of Winn Parish.  He graduated from
Pinecrest High School and has been in the logging business a number of years.  

He is a member of Mount Olive Baptist Church where he is Sunday School
Superintendent and a member of the choir.  He is Junior Warden of Winnfield
Star Masonic Lodge No. 152, a 32nd Degree mason, a member of the Scottish Rite
Consistory No. 80 of Alexandria and a member of the Jaffa Shrine Temple at
Alexandria.

(Sherman Ford was the first black deputy sheriff employed in Winn Parish, La.,
and I might add that I worked with him for over 15 years, eight of which
he served as a detective under my command.  He was and is a credit to his
parish and fellow man and was a fine peace officer.  Sherman was probably the
main reason Winn Parish experienced no racial strife in the years of school
desegregation as he served as a spokesperson for not only the black community
but the community overall, always acting in the best interest of Winn Parish. 
Sherman is now retired and remains active in church and civic work).