John Wesley Ford

John Wesley Ford
Mulhearn Funeral Home
West Monroe, LA

Funeral services for Mr. John Wesley Ford, 88, of Monroe, LA will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday February 28, 2009 in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe with Pastor Shane Warren and Pastor Butch Pilcher officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home.

Mr. Ford served in the United States Army during WW II. He was a member of the First Assembly of God Church of West Monroe and the First Assembly of God Church of Farmerville. He owned a gas station and hardware store in Bastrop early in life and later owned and operated two auto repair shops in Bastrop and Collinston. He was loved by many and will be missed by all. He is preceded in death by his wife of over 50 years, Mary Ford and grandchildren, Jessica Hubbard and Justin Ford.

Survivors include his wife, Dixie Ford; children, Betty Yarbro of West Monroe, James Ford and wife, Ruthie of West Monroe, Elizabeth Ford of Monroe, Margaret Atkinson and husband, Mike of Fort Collins, CO, Barbara Patterson and husband, Mike of Monroe, Paul Ford and wife, Rita of West Monroe, Emmett Ford of West Monroe, and Stephen Ford of Houston, TX; step sons, Scott Bennett and Stephen Thrasher; thirteen grandchildren; and fifteen great grandchildren.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM Friday at Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe.