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Minor Lyle Ford

17 Jan 1882 – 20 May 1947

Birth	17 Jan 1882
Death	20 May 1947
Cemetery	Liberty Hill Cemetery Tyler , Smith County , Texas , USA
Added by	Jim Nelson on 24 May 2011
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50750298

Bio

M.L. Ford was a well-known businessman and resident of Athens for twenty-five years prior to his death on May 22, at his home at 302 West Scott, Athens. Mr. Ford was born January 17, 1882, in Lookout Mountain, Alabama, to Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Ford. He moved to Athens in 1918 to install a laundry with J. Binford, and then moved to Amarillo. He married Dora Acrey on February 16, 1918, and returned to Athens on December 25, 1921. He purchased the laundry from Mr. Binford and renamed it Troy Laundry, which he operated until his death. He was survived by his wife; two brothers, W.J. Ford of Tyler and J.H. Ford of St. Louis, Missouri; and three sisters, Mrs. Eula Kindley of Tyler, Mrs. Ruth Andrews of Lawton, Oklahoma and Mrs. C.A. McDonald of Montalba. [full obit was published in The Athens Review, May 22, 1947]

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Parents

• John Francis Ford 1852–1906
• Sarah Jane Leath Ford 1862–1936

Spouse

• Dora Mae Acrey Ford 1882–1959 FaG

Siblings

• Eula Lee Ford Kindley 1883–1958
• William Josiah Ford 1886–1957
• Bertzi Zelma Ford McDonald 1889–1967
• Johnnie Clementine Ford Tipton 1891–1918
• Ruth Grace Ford Andrews 1894–1981
• Edwin Frances Ford 1900–1923
• Edna Daisy Ford 1900–1901
• Anna Bell Ford 1903–1903
• Gordon Keith Ford 1905–1906

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