James Elmer Ford
1897 - 1974 (77 years)-
Name James Elmer Ford Born 23 Aug 1897 Duster, Comanche County, Texas, USA 
Gender Male Died 4 Sep 1974 Sealy, Austin County, Texas, USA Buried 5 Sep 1974 Oakland Cemetery - Duster, Texas, USA Person ID I10522 Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree Last Modified 29 Jun 2021
Father Pinkney Franklin Ford, b. 1869, Tippah County, Mississippi, USA , d. 6 Jan 1905, Dallas, Collin County, Texas, USA (Age 36 years) Mother Beaetta Laura Hamlin, b. 15 Jul 1873, Stoddard County, Missouri, USA , d. 19 Feb 1957, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas, USA (Age 83 years) Married 8 Dec 1891 Stephenville, Erath County, Texas, USA Family ID F4653 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Rachel Ora Holmes, b. 30 Jul 1899, De Leon, Comanche County, Texas, USA , d. 9 Jul 1968, Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, USA (Age 68 years) Children + 1. Mildred Thadine Ford, b. 31 May 1919, Ranger, Eastland County, Texas, USA , d. 30 Aug 1998, Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA (Age 79 years)2. Marjorie Ethylene Ford, b. 31 Aug 1922, Eliasville, Young County, Texas, USA + 3. Constance LaMarr Ford, b. 8 Jul 1924, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas, USA , d. 16 Sep 2012, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA (Age 88 years)+ 4. Dorothy Joe Ford, b. 5 Mar 1926, Woodson, Throckmorton County, Texas, USA , d. 15 May 2010, Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, USA (Age 84 years)Last Modified 29 Jun 2021 Family ID F4743 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Ora Mary Hamilton, b. 7 Oct 1906, Midland, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA , d. 2 Mar 1957, Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA (Age 50 years) Married 10 May 1947 Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA Last Modified 29 Jun 2021 Family ID F4747 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 23 Aug 1897 - Duster, Comanche County, Texas, USA 
Married - 10 May 1947 - Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA 
Died - 4 Sep 1974 - Sealy, Austin County, Texas, USA 
Buried - 5 Sep 1974 - Oakland Cemetery - Duster, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Documents 
U.S. World War I Draft Card - James Elmer Ford
Name: James E. Ford
Race: White
Birth Date: 23 Aug 1897
Birth Place: Texas
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Residence Place: Eastland, Eastland County, Texas, USA
Physical Build: Medium
Height: Medium
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
U.S. World War II Draft Card - James Elmer Ford
Name: James Elmer Ford
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 44
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 23 Aug 1897
Birth Place: Coryell, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Gorman, Comanche, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Gorman, Comanche, Texas, USA
Employer: Gorman Public Schools
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 155 lbs.
Complexion: Light Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Gray
Next of Kin: Mrs. B. L. Woody
Death Certificate for James Elmer Ford
Name: James Elmer Ford
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 77
Birth Date: 23 Aug 1897
Birth Place: Duster, Texas
Residence: Yuma, Yuma, Arizona, USA
Death Date: 4 Sep 1974
Death Place: Sealy, Austin, Texas, USA
Father: Pinkney F. Ford
Mother: Beatta Laura Hamlin
Certificate Number: 62826
Obituary of James Elmer Ford
Published in The Abilene Reporter-News on September 6, 1974
Headstones 
Headstone of James Elmer Ford
Oakland Cemetery - Duster, Texas, USA
Plot: S-R41
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Notes - Obituary:
GORMAN (RNS) - James Elmer Ford, 77, of Sealy, died at 2 a.m. Wednesday at the Sealy Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Gorman Church of Christ.
Audie Moore of Eastland will officiate. Burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery near here, directed by Higginbotham Funeral Home.
Born Aug. 23, 1897, in Comanche County, he was raised in Gorman and attended public schools here. Mr. Ford was a retired carpenter and a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors are five daughters, Mrs. William Bramer of Cottonwood, Ariz., Mrs. Pete Mazza of Las Vegas, Nev., Mrs. Buck Williams of Yuma, Ariz., Mrs. Ben Keith of Andrews and Mrs. Byrch Telford of Roswell, N. M.; one son, Joe French of Denver, Colo.; three sisters, Mrs. Virgie Sims of Odessa, Mrs. Floy Morrison of Gorman and Mrs. Nora Fewell of Sealy; and two brothers, E. P. Ford of Gualala, Calif., and Tommy Woody of Katy.
He was preceded in death by his wife and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pinkney Ford of Gorman.
(Published in The Abilene Reporter-News on September 6, 1974)
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