Obituary: Audrey Jean Ford, Tensas Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Edith Ziegler; Extracted from The Tensas Gazette

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Audrey Jean Ford

Funeral services for Audrey Jean Ford, 57, were held on Tuesday, 
July 11, 2000. Mrs. Ford died on Thursday, July 6, 2000. Interment 
was at the Wyoming Cemetery in Newellton under the direction of 
Richardson Funeral Home of Winnsboro.

Mrs. Ford was Vice-President of the NAACP Tensas Chapter, Secretary 
of the Union Sister Society and Treasurer at the St. John M. B. 
Church where she was a longtime faithful member and deaconess. She 
had a strong sense of both civic and educational involvement. 

Mrs. Ford was preceded in death by her parents, Ellen Lawson and Ed 
Johnson of Newellton, a son and a sister. Survivors include her 
husband, Richard Ford, Jr.; three daughters: Miranda, Chandra and 
her husband Corey and Mona and her husband Edward; and granddaughter, 
Ta'lor, all of Baton Rouge; two godsons, Karl Jones, Jr. Of Newellton 
and Robert Williams of Midland, Texas; godmother, Rachel Jones of 
Tallulah; six sisters, Helen and her husband Morgan of Baker, Ruthie 
of Waterproof, Rachel of Chicago, Illinois, Katie and her husband 
Joseph, Louisa and Joyce all of Newellton; seven brothers, Cornell
and his wife Dorothy of Gilbert, Johnny of Riverside, California, 
Gregory and his wife Cherie of Realto, California, Darrell and his 
wife Delores of St. Joseph, Joel, Mark and Odell, all of Newellton; 
an uncle; three aunts; and a host of nieces, nephews and other 
relatives and friends. 

Pallbearers were Jake Ford, Richard Ford, Alien Ford, Robert Ford, 
Patrick Ford, Dewayne Ford, Jeffery Ford, Freidsburg Gray and 
Johnny Williams. 

Honorary Pallbearers were Deacons of St. John M. B. Church.