Extracted from The Jena Times (Jena, LA)
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Mary Lou Ford

Mary Lou Ford, 67, of Jonesville, passed from this life on Thursday, December 2, 2010, at the Grace Home in Alexandria.

She was a homemaker.

Mrs. Ford was born March 24, 1943 in Converse to the union of J. B. Morris, Sr. and Eva Godfrey Morris.

Services were held at 12- noon Saturday, Dec. 4, in the chapel of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena with Rev. Brent Bemont officiating.

Interment followed in the Heard Cemetery of Manifest under direction of Hixson Brothers, Inc. of Jena.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Jenny Lou Ford; and her parents.

Survivors include her husband, B. E. ``Pete'' Ford of Jonesville; one brother, J. B. Morris, Jr. of Jonesville; three sisters, Robbie Hemphill of Converse, Marie Blaney and Joyce Rollins, both of Jonesville; and one grandson, Richard Coleman and wife Anne Coleman.

Pallbearers were Michael Hamilton, Dusty Hamilton, Jackie Morris, Randy Morris, Bobby Glen Morris, and Eric Morris.