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Naomi Ernestine (Winfrey) Ford

Mexia Daily News newspaper - Aug 5, 2006 edition

Obituary for Saturday, August 5

Ernestine Ford

WACO - Naomi Ernestine Winfrey Ford, 70, of Waco, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 2, 
2006, at her residence. Funeral services will be this afternoon (Saturday), Aug. 
5, 2006, at 2 o’clock in Pecan Grove Funeral Home, 3124 Robinson Drive, Waco. 
Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery at Waco.

Ernestine was born in Teague on Dec. 23, 1935, to Leon Maloy Winfrey and Minnie 
Lee Liles Winfrey. She lived in Fairfield for several years, then moved to 
between Teague and Mexia and lived at what was known as Midway. She married 
Hugh Mack Ford on April 16, 1954, and they moved to Waco in 1957. They were 
blessed with three daughters.

Ernestine was a Homemaker until her children were up in age, and then she worked 
in the public until she retired from Texas State Technical College in 1998.

She was involved in school, community and church activities, and was the 
president of the Parent-Teachers Association where she also served as 
treasurer. Ernestine was a member of the Brazos Valley Cloggers, and she 
obtained her floral design certification from TSTC. She loved traveling with 
her husband, and she was a member of the Red Hat Society, Bellmead Chapter, 
the Red Hot Mamas.

Ernestine enjoyed cooking and entertaining for her friends, and was a member 
of Timber Crest Baptist Church where she served on various committees and 
taught the third and fourth grade Sunday School for 32 years. She was a 
loving and devoted wife, mother and Nanny.

Ernestine is survived by her husband of 52 years, Hugh Mack Ford; daughters 
- Susan Gail Blake of Hewitt, Peggy Lynn York and husband Aaron of Chalk 
Bluff, and Vicki Lee Sanders and husband Mike of Whitehouse; a granddaughter, 
Katrina Nicole Blake of Hewitt; grandsons - Jeffrey Gordon Sanders and 
Scott Michael Sanders of Whitehouse; a sister and brother-in-law, Jean and 
Aubrey Sipes of Jacksonville, and family; and a sister-in-law, Louise 
Wigley of Austin, and family.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Timber Crest Baptist Church 
in memory of Ernestine Ford.