Fort Valley-Mark Clifford Ford Jr., 84, died Friday, March 2, 2012. Services will be held at 11:00AM on Monday, March 5, 2012, at First Baptist Church, 209 S. Miller Street, with Rev. Daniel Stubbs officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Oaklawn Cemetery, 720 S. Camellia Blvd. in Fort Valley.
Born in Laurens County to the late Mark Clifford Ford Sr. and Nancy Ola Maddox Ford, Mr. Ford was the former owner and operator of Bateman and Wade Grocery, a Navy Veteran, member of First Baptist Church of Fort Valley and Frank Withoft Sunday School Class. An avid vegtable farmer, he was superintendent of the Horticulture Department at the Georgia National Fair for twenty years. He was a member of the Fort Valley VFW and Fort Valley Masonic Lodge and the Mid Georgia Dulcimer Club.
Survivors include his wife of sixty years, Sylvia Smith Ford, their children, Sandra Shiver of East Dublin, Cliff and Ann Ford of Macon, and Debra Ford of Liberty, New York; sister, Ellen Ford Brantley; grandchildren, Wes Shiver, Cami Shiver, Lee Shiver, Jason Ford, Jennifer and J.J.Cullens, Jessi and Jeremy Timmerman, Amy Montgomery, Kyle Montgomery, Nancy Montgomery, Rachel and Cory Rapraeger, and Ben and Ashley Ford; greatgrandchildren, Kade Shiver, Anaye Shiver, Dayton Shiver, Riley Cullens, Ryan Cullens, DeLana Rapraeger, Gabe Ford, and Melody Ford; greatgreatgrandchild, Britlyn Shiver, and special nieces, Sharon Sayler and Patty Corder. He is preceded in death by a grandson, Jacob Ford; son, Luke Ford,and daughter-in-law, Nellie Connor Ford.
Born in Laurens County to the late Mark Clifford Ford Sr. and Nancy Ola Maddox Ford, Mr. Ford was the former owner and operator of Bateman and Wade Grocery, a Navy Veteran, member of First Baptist Church of Fort Valley and Frank Withoft Sunday School Class. An avid vegtable farmer, he was superintendent of the Horticulture Department at the Georgia National Fair for twenty years. He was a member of the Fort Valley VFW and Fort Valley Masonic Lodge and the Mid Georgia Dulcimer Club.
Survivors include his wife of sixty years, Sylvia Smith Ford, their children, Sandra Shiver of East Dublin, Cliff and Ann Ford of Macon, and Debra Ford of Liberty, New York; sister, Ellen Ford Brantley; grandchildren, Wes Shiver, Cami Shiver, Lee Shiver, Jason Ford, Jennifer and J.J.Cullens, Jessi and Jeremy Timmerman, Amy Montgomery, Kyle Montgomery, Nancy Montgomery, Rachel and Cory Rapraeger, and Ben and Ashley Ford; greatgrandchildren, Kade Shiver, Anaye Shiver, Dayton Shiver, Riley Cullens, Ryan Cullens, DeLana Rapraeger, Gabe Ford, and Melody Ford; greatgreatgrandchild, Britlyn Shiver, and special nieces, Sharon Sayler and Patty Corder. He is preceded in death by a grandson, Jacob Ford; son, Luke Ford,and daughter-in-law, Nellie Connor Ford.
Fort Valley-Mark Clifford Ford Jr., 84, died Friday, March 2, 2012. Services will be held at 11:00AM on Monday, March 5, 2012, at First Baptist Church, 209 S. Miller Street, with Rev. Daniel Stubbs officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Oaklawn Cemetery, 720 S. Camellia Blvd. in Fort Valley.
Born in Laurens County to the late Mark Clifford Ford Sr. and Nancy Ola Maddox Ford, Mr. Ford was the former owner and operator of Bateman and Wade Grocery, a Navy Veteran, member of First Baptist Church of Fort Valley and Frank Withoft Sunday School Class. An avid vegtable farmer, he was superintendent of the Horticulture Department at the Georgia National Fair for twenty years. He was a member of the Fort Valley VFW and Fort Valley Masonic Lodge and the Mid Georgia Dulcimer Club.
Survivors include his wife of sixty years, Sylvia Smith Ford, their children, Sandra Shiver of East Dublin, Cliff and Ann Ford of Macon, and Debra Ford of Liberty, New York; sister, Ellen Ford Brantley; grandchildren, Wes Shiver, Cami Shiver, Lee Shiver, Jason Ford, Jennifer and J.J.Cullens, Jessi and Jeremy Timmerman, Amy Montgomery, Kyle Montgomery, Nancy Montgomery, Rachel and Cory Rapraeger, and Ben and Ashley Ford; greatgrandchildren, Kade Shiver, Anaye Shiver, Dayton Shiver, Riley Cullens, Ryan Cullens, DeLana Rapraeger, Gabe Ford, and Melody Ford; greatgreatgrandchild, Britlyn Shiver, and special nieces, Sharon Sayler and Patty Corder. He is preceded in death by a grandson, Jacob Ford; son, Luke Ford,and daughter-in-law, Nellie Connor Ford.
Born in Laurens County to the late Mark Clifford Ford Sr. and Nancy Ola Maddox Ford, Mr. Ford was the former owner and operator of Bateman and Wade Grocery, a Navy Veteran, member of First Baptist Church of Fort Valley and Frank Withoft Sunday School Class. An avid vegtable farmer, he was superintendent of the Horticulture Department at the Georgia National Fair for twenty years. He was a member of the Fort Valley VFW and Fort Valley Masonic Lodge and the Mid Georgia Dulcimer Club.
Survivors include his wife of sixty years, Sylvia Smith Ford, their children, Sandra Shiver of East Dublin, Cliff and Ann Ford of Macon, and Debra Ford of Liberty, New York; sister, Ellen Ford Brantley; grandchildren, Wes Shiver, Cami Shiver, Lee Shiver, Jason Ford, Jennifer and J.J.Cullens, Jessi and Jeremy Timmerman, Amy Montgomery, Kyle Montgomery, Nancy Montgomery, Rachel and Cory Rapraeger, and Ben and Ashley Ford; greatgrandchildren, Kade Shiver, Anaye Shiver, Dayton Shiver, Riley Cullens, Ryan Cullens, DeLana Rapraeger, Gabe Ford, and Melody Ford; greatgreatgrandchild, Britlyn Shiver, and special nieces, Sharon Sayler and Patty Corder. He is preceded in death by a grandson, Jacob Ford; son, Luke Ford,and daughter-in-law, Nellie Connor Ford.
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