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Extracted from The Winn Parish News-American (Winnfield, LA)
Friday, July 26, 1929

Hershel Ford Of Hinton Succumbs To Short Illness

Hershel Ford, age nine years and seven months, died at the Baptist Hospital in Alexandria Tuesday, July 16, 1929 following an illness of only two days.

Funeral services were conducted Wednesday by Rev. Miles of Tullos and interment was made in the Beech Creek Cemetery.

The deceased was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Ford of Hinton, La., and was loved by all who knew him.

Surviving relatives are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Ford, three brothers, Lemon, Aubrey, and R. A. Ford, one sister, Minnie Edna, and a host of near relatives and friends.