************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted to: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/okmulgee/okmulgee.html Submitted to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okokmulg/ Submitted by: HUMPHREY LYNCH ************************************************************************ Page 2, Okmulgee Daily Times, Thursday, October 19, 2000 Transcribed by: Brenda Andrews ANDERSON EARNIE FORD JR. Anderson Earnie Ford, Jr., 78 died Tuesday, October 17, 2000 in Tulsa, OK. he was born on Sunday, April 30, 1922, in Chillicothe, TX to Anderson E. Ford Sr. and Zora (Thompson) Ford. he served in the United States Navy during World War II. he had primarily been a resident of Trinity, TX until moving to Okmulgee earlier this year. He is preceded in death by his parents and his wife. Dorothy Ford. He is survived by two sons, Bobby Ford of Houston, TX and Pat Ford of Odessa, TX; one daughter, Ann Bishop of Tyler, TX; three brothers, Bill Ford of Okmulgee, Virgil Ford of Hobbs, NM and Rusty Ford of Yuma, AZ. and one sister, Ruth Andrews of Yuma, AZ. Graveside services will be held Friday, October 20, 2000 at 1 p.m. at the Ft. Gibson National Cemetery, Ft. Gibson, OK. Rev. Everett Lurch will officiate under the direction of Kelley Funeral Home, visitation will be Thursday, October 19, 2000 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.