Extracted from The Shreveport Times (Shreveport, LA)
Monday, July 2, 1973

Mrs. Elizabeth Ford

SIKES -- Mrs. Elizabeth Roda Ford, 75, of Sikes died Saturday in the LaSalle General Hospital in Jena following a brief illness.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the Beech Creek Baptist Church with the Rev. James Simons officiating. Burial will be in the Beech Creek Cemetery under the direction of the Edmonds Funeral Home of Jonesboro.

Survivors include three sons, R. A. Ford of Morgan City, Robert F. Ford of Columbus, Ga., and Aubrey Ford of Olla; three daughters, Mrs. Shirley Wilhite of Downsville, Mrs. Patrick J. Sheeley of Canoga Park, Calif., and Mrs. Minnie Snead of Coushatta; a brother, Chester Johnson of Urania; five sisters, Mrs. Ola Adams of Sikes, Mrs. Minerva Taylor of Pineville, Mrs. Della Hyatt of Olla, Mrs. Claudia Babcock of Urania and Mrs. Alma Newsom of Sikes; 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.