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Samuel L. Ford

Birth: 4 Feb 1895
Death: 22 Jan 1977 (aged 81)
Burial: Ripley Cemetery

Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
Plot: Section 2 Row 7 Plot 35
Memorial ID: 54483903 View Source

FORD, Samuel L. 81, Ripley, died January 22, 1977 at the Tippah County Hospital. He served as Sheriff of Tippah County for 8 years and Town Marshall for 8 years. He was a retired cattleman and veteran of WWI, and a member of First Baptist Church. Services were January 23, at 2 pm in McBride Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Ripley Cemetery. Bro Harris Counce officiated. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Dorsie Ford, Ripley; one daughter, Dorothy Gregory, Iuka, MS; two sisters, Ruth Conner, Tiplersville and Julia Needham, Ripley; one grandson. Pallbearers were T.C.Tapp, Tommy Tapp, Collins Dixon, Joe White, Paul Griffin, Horace Weatherly, W.C. Jamieson and Ross Stark.

FORD, Samuel L. 81, Ripley, died January 22, 1977 at the Tippah County Hospital. He served as Sheriff of Tippah County for 8 years and Town Marshall for 8 years. He was a retired cattleman and veteran of WWI, and a member of First Baptist Church. Services were January 23, at 2 pm in McBride Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Ripley Cemetery. Bro Harris Counce officiated. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Dorsie Ford, Ripley; one daughter, Dorothy Gregory, Iuka, MS; two sisters, Ruth Conner, Tiplersville and Julia Needham, Ripley; one grandson. Pallbearers were T.C.Tapp, Tommy Tapp, Collins Dixon, Joe White, Paul Griffin, Horace Weatherly, W.C. Jamieson and Ross Stark.

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Dorsie Hill Ford

1904–1984

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Dorothy "Dot" Ford Gregory

1931–2014

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Maintained by: John Russell Pierson
Originally Created by: Mavis Clemmer
Added: Jul 4, 2010
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54483903/samuel_l-ford: accessed ), memorial page for Samuel L. Ford (4 Feb 1895–22 Jan 1977), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54483903, citing Ripley Cemetery, Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by John Russell Pierson (contributor 47258421).

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