Obit of Ford, James Ernest (Jimmy) - Grady County, Oklahoma

Transcribed by:  Gene Phillips  <okarchives@comcast.net>   19 Nov 2006
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::Rose Hill Cemetery--Chickasha OK

Ford, James Ernest (Jimmy)

Funeral services for James Ernest (Jimmy) Ford, 52, of Chickasha, were 
held Monday, October 7, 2002, at the Epworth United Methodist Church, at 
2:00 P.M. with Pastor Kim Hayes and Reverend Kim Domnick officiating. 
Jimmy was born January 30, 1950, in Ardmore, Oklahoma, the son of Jim and 
Emma Laura Hulsey Ford. He died Friday, October 4, 2002 at his home in 
Chickasha. Jimmy came to Chickasha with his parents in 1952. He attended 
Chickasha schools and graduated Chickasha High School in 1968. He 
graduated from Oklahoma University where he was a member of Phi Delta 
Theta Fraternity. He was active in Boy Scouts, Little League Baseball and 
was a member of the high school Varsity Baseball Team. Jimmy was a 
commodity broker in Lamar, Colorado and Omaha, Nebraska before returning 
to Chickasha to join his father and brothers in Ford Energy Corporation. 
He was a past board member of Southwest Youth and Family Services and past 
president of the Board of Chickasha Golf and Country Club. Jimmy's 
interests were in horses, collecting western memorabilia, golf and 
hunting. He was always ready and willing to help anyone in need He was 
preceded in death by his grandparents, Aileen and Ernest Hulsey and R.H. 
and Frances Ford. He is survived by his beloved daughters, Jennifer Aileen 
Ford and Kelsey Kristine Ford and the mother of his daughters, Pamela 
Ford, and his parents Jim and Emma Laura Ford all of Chickasha; three 
brothers and their wives, Rick and Tami Ford, Mike and Susan Ford both of 
Chickasha and Craig and Jeris Ford of Broken Arrow; he had nine nieces and 
nephews who he loved and enjoyed. Brandon and Stephanie Ford of Broken 
Arrow; Matthew, Erik and Andrew Ford, Caroline, Alexander, William and 
Harrison Ford all of Chickasha; one aunt, Jean Ford Stewart of Cedar 
Rapids, Iowa; one uncle, Ralph F. Ford of Ardmore; one great aunt, Mrs. 
Everett Hulsey of Chickasha; thee cousins and their families, James T. 
Stewart of Norcross, Georgia, Thomas Ford Stewart of Shreveport, Louisiana 
and William Ford of Wichita, Kansas; A family who gave him love and 
support his entire life are Patricia and Bill Shultz and their four sons 
and their families. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Southwest 
Youth and Family Services, Make A Wish Foundation or the charity of your 
choice. Interment was in the Rose Hill Cemetery under the direction of 
Ferguson Funeral Home.

Published in the Oklahoman on 10/8/2002.
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