May 3, 2002

Edith Ford

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Edith Jeannette Ancell Ford, 92, of Sikeston died Wednesday, May 1, 2002, at Clearview Nursing Center. She was born Nov. 23, 1909, at Sikeston, daughter of Robert Frank and Essie Jackson Carter. She first married Lynn Ancell May 3, 1931, in Blytheville, Ark. He died Dec. 18, 1948. She later married Leonard E. Ford Oct. 27, 1951, in St. Louis. He died in 1955...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Edith Jeannette Ancell Ford, 92, of Sikeston died Wednesday, May 1, 2002, at Clearview Nursing Center.

She was born Nov. 23, 1909, at Sikeston, daughter of Robert Frank and Essie Jackson Carter. She first married Lynn Ancell May 3, 1931, in Blytheville, Ark. He died Dec. 18, 1948. She later married Leonard E. Ford Oct. 27, 1951, in St. Louis. He died in 1955.

Ford was a secretary 42 years at International Shoe Co. She was a member of First Baptist Church, and former member of Order of Eastern Star Chapter 137.

She was a 1928 graduate of Sikeston High School.

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Survivors include a daughter, Lillian Braden of Sikeston; a stepdaughter, Sandra Kilgore of Clearwater, Fla.; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister.

Friends may call at Blanchard Funeral Chapel after 11 a.m. Saturday.

Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the chapel, with the Rev. Sandy Schaller officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

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