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Submitted: 3/22/12 • Approved: 3/23/12 • Last Updated: 7/28/12 • R666484-G666483-S3
Born February 2, 1880, Arkansas.
Died June 23, 1924, Oxford, Izard County, Arkansas.
Daughter of Anderson A. & Amanda Francis Dixon Marchant.
Married William Maston Ford, February 1, 1900.
Calico Rock Progress, Calico Rock, Arkansas, June 27, 1924:
Death at Oxford
Mrs. Minnie Ford, highly respected and well known lady of Oxford, wife of W. M. Ford, died at her home last Monday, the 23rd, after an illness of seven weeks. The funeral was held at the Oxford cemetery Tuesday.
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The Melbourne Times, Melbourne, Arkansas, July 4, 1924:
Mrs. Ford Passes
Following an illness of several weeks, Mrs. Minnie Ford (nee Marchant) beloved wife of Mr. W. M. Ford aged about 45 years died at her home at Oxford Monday evening June 23rd and was laid to rest in the Oxford Cemetery Tuesday.
Mrs. Ford was one of the most highly respected and beloved women in the county, possessing as she did an amiable disposition and the heart of a true Christian helpful to her neighbors in time of need or distress, which had caused to be formed around her a circle of admiring friends, friends who will miss her now she is gone, which is the noblest tribute that can be paid the departed.
Mrs. Ford is survived by her husband and one daughter, Mrs. Essie Armstrong of Tishomingo, Oklahoma, who was at her bedside during her last illness. She is survived also by three brothers, Wells, Wiley and Rufus who reside in Texas.
The Times extends unfeigned sympathy to the bereaved.
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