Extracted from The Monroe Morning World (Monroe, LA)
Sunday, March 12, 1961

Richard E. Ford

JENA (Special) -- Richard Elijah Ford, 76, of Jena, died at 11:35 a.m. Saturday in a local hospital following a short illness.

Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday at the First Baptist Church, of Jena, with the Rev. Dave Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Hare [sic Hair] Cemetery here under direction of Kenner and Stevens Funeral Home.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Madge Batson, Jena; two sons, Marion, Shawnee, Okla.; Eldo, Griffin, Ga.; three sisters, all of Jena, Mrs. Dollie Peyton, Mrs. Eliza Jane Floyd, Mrs. Reesis Richardson; one brother, Ezra Ford of Goodpine; five grandchildren.