L.P. Ford was married to Rutelia Berry Ford in Knox County, Tennessee. He was a veteran of the Spanish American War and served with the 3rd U.S. Volunteer Engineers, Co. I.
L.P. Ford Knoxville's First Motorcycle Policeman, Dies
Fall From Hay Wagon On New Mexico Farm Is Fatal
Levator P. Ford, 61, former policeman who rode the first motorcycle owned by the Knoxville police department, died Thursday night at a hospital in Albuquerque, N.M. from injuries suffered when he fell from a loaded hay wagon on his farm. Ford became a member of the police department under the administration of former Chief John Nichols. There were few automobiles here at that time. The first motorcycle ordered by the city was used on emergency calls. Ford was assigned to ride it because he was the youngest officer of the department and an expert motorcycle rider. He was born and reared in the Mount Olive section, where he married Miss Pearl Berry, a sister of Ralph L. Berry, now head of Berry's Funeral Home. Mrs. Ford is the daughter of Mrs. W.L. Berry, who now lives in Mount Olive. As a youth Ford worked on a farm near Mount Olive. He enlisted in the Spanish-American War and after the war was associated with former Chief John Nichols in the operation of a livery stable on State Street here. He moved to Albuquerque several years ago because of his wife's health. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Pearl Berry Ford; a daughter, Mrs. Byron Morgan; a son, L. P. Ford Jr.; two brothers, W. H. Ford and Ollie Ford of Knoxville; two sisters, Mrs. Clemmie Henderson and Mrs. A. P. Anderson of Bearden; also grandchildren. Funeral and burial will be in Albuquerque.
L.P. Ford Knoxville's First Motorcycle Policeman, Dies
Fall From Hay Wagon On New Mexico Farm Is Fatal
Levator P. Ford, 61, former policeman who rode the first motorcycle owned by the Knoxville police department, died Thursday night at a hospital in Albuquerque, N.M. from injuries suffered when he fell from a loaded hay wagon on his farm. Ford became a member of the police department under the administration of former Chief John Nichols. There were few automobiles here at that time. The first motorcycle ordered by the city was used on emergency calls. Ford was assigned to ride it because he was the youngest officer of the department and an expert motorcycle rider. He was born and reared in the Mount Olive section, where he married Miss Pearl Berry, a sister of Ralph L. Berry, now head of Berry's Funeral Home. Mrs. Ford is the daughter of Mrs. W.L. Berry, who now lives in Mount Olive. As a youth Ford worked on a farm near Mount Olive. He enlisted in the Spanish-American War and after the war was associated with former Chief John Nichols in the operation of a livery stable on State Street here. He moved to Albuquerque several years ago because of his wife's health. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Pearl Berry Ford; a daughter, Mrs. Byron Morgan; a son, L. P. Ford Jr.; two brothers, W. H. Ford and Ollie Ford of Knoxville; two sisters, Mrs. Clemmie Henderson and Mrs. A. P. Anderson of Bearden; also grandchildren. Funeral and burial will be in Albuquerque.
L.P. Ford was married to Rutelia Berry Ford in Knox County, Tennessee. He was a veteran of the Spanish American War and served with the 3rd U.S. Volunteer Engineers, Co. I.
L.P. Ford Knoxville's First Motorcycle Policeman, Dies
Fall From Hay Wagon On New Mexico Farm Is Fatal
Levator P. Ford, 61, former policeman who rode the first motorcycle owned by the Knoxville police department, died Thursday night at a hospital in Albuquerque, N.M. from injuries suffered when he fell from a loaded hay wagon on his farm. Ford became a member of the police department under the administration of former Chief John Nichols. There were few automobiles here at that time. The first motorcycle ordered by the city was used on emergency calls. Ford was assigned to ride it because he was the youngest officer of the department and an expert motorcycle rider. He was born and reared in the Mount Olive section, where he married Miss Pearl Berry, a sister of Ralph L. Berry, now head of Berry's Funeral Home. Mrs. Ford is the daughter of Mrs. W.L. Berry, who now lives in Mount Olive. As a youth Ford worked on a farm near Mount Olive. He enlisted in the Spanish-American War and after the war was associated with former Chief John Nichols in the operation of a livery stable on State Street here. He moved to Albuquerque several years ago because of his wife's health. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Pearl Berry Ford; a daughter, Mrs. Byron Morgan; a son, L. P. Ford Jr.; two brothers, W. H. Ford and Ollie Ford of Knoxville; two sisters, Mrs. Clemmie Henderson and Mrs. A. P. Anderson of Bearden; also grandchildren. Funeral and burial will be in Albuquerque.
L.P. Ford Knoxville's First Motorcycle Policeman, Dies
Fall From Hay Wagon On New Mexico Farm Is Fatal
Levator P. Ford, 61, former policeman who rode the first motorcycle owned by the Knoxville police department, died Thursday night at a hospital in Albuquerque, N.M. from injuries suffered when he fell from a loaded hay wagon on his farm. Ford became a member of the police department under the administration of former Chief John Nichols. There were few automobiles here at that time. The first motorcycle ordered by the city was used on emergency calls. Ford was assigned to ride it because he was the youngest officer of the department and an expert motorcycle rider. He was born and reared in the Mount Olive section, where he married Miss Pearl Berry, a sister of Ralph L. Berry, now head of Berry's Funeral Home. Mrs. Ford is the daughter of Mrs. W.L. Berry, who now lives in Mount Olive. As a youth Ford worked on a farm near Mount Olive. He enlisted in the Spanish-American War and after the war was associated with former Chief John Nichols in the operation of a livery stable on State Street here. He moved to Albuquerque several years ago because of his wife's health. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Pearl Berry Ford; a daughter, Mrs. Byron Morgan; a son, L. P. Ford Jr.; two brothers, W. H. Ford and Ollie Ford of Knoxville; two sisters, Mrs. Clemmie Henderson and Mrs. A. P. Anderson of Bearden; also grandchildren. Funeral and burial will be in Albuquerque.
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