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Funeral services for Cecil Dewayne Ford, Sr., 85, of Jonesboro, LA were held at 1:00 PM, Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at Brown-Holley Funeral Chapel, Rayville, LA with Bro. Clyde Fowler officiating. Interment was in the Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, Baskin, LA.
Mr. Cecil was born November 18, 1938 in Hamburg, AR and passed away Sunday, November 19, 2023 in Jonesboro, LA. He was preceded in death by his wife, Clara Ann Ford; parents, Tommy Joe and Esther Ford; siblings, Tommy Ford and wife, Betty, Margie White and husband, E.J., Mary Ruth Hemphill and husband, Buddy, Charles Ford, John M. Ford, and Marilyn Thompson.
Survivors include his children, Diane Howard and husband, Ricky, Georgianna Morrow and husband, Brian, Cecil D. Ford, Jr. and wife, Lori, Veronica Ford, and Thomas Ford and wife, Dana; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren; siblings, Vernon Ford and wife, Barbara, John E. Ford, and Kathee Simpson and husband, Scott; brother-in-law, Ben Thompson; and hunting friends, Perry P., Doug, and Nick; and numerous nieces and nephews.
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