This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/REX.2ACIB/3813 Message Board Post: The following obit is here with permission of the Bradford County Telegraph, in Bradford County, Fla. John Ford HAMPTON-John Edison Ford, 69, of Hampton died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, at Shands Starke emergency room. Born in Columbia County, Mr. Ford moved to Hampton in 1973. He retired as a correctional officer with the state of Florida. He was in New River East from 1984 through 1994 and also worked with Tacahale from 1966 through 1978. He served in the U.S. Air Force and was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Ford is survived by: his wife Glennis Ford of Hampton; two sons, Larry Edison Ford and Eugene Lamar Ford, both of Hampton; a daughter Shellia Ford Hampton and Wendell Ford of Crescent City; two sisters, Vergie Darley and Jean Collins, both of Hampton; eight grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents John T. and Lula Pearl Webb Ford and a sister Jacqueline Ford Dobis. Funeral services for Mr. Ford were Feb. 8, 2006 in the Chapel of Archie Tanner Funeral Home of Starke with Jim Crosely officiating. Burial followed in Siloam Cemetery in Lake City. Note: I am of no relation, but my sympathies go out to those of you who are. This is here as a lasting memorial for Mr. Ford.