Willard ‘Sonny’ Ford

Published 12:00 am Monday, February 13, 2006

BROWNSVILLE – Willard &#8220Sonny” Ford, 58, of Lindseyville died Feb. 12, 2006, at his home.

He was formerly employed by General Motors and was a member of Brownsville Missionary Baptist Church. He was a son of the late Betty Harrison Ford and Willard Ford of Poplar Bluff, Mo., who survives. He was preceded in death by a brother, Gary Ford, and a grandson, Andrew Basham.

Funeral is at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Patton Funeral Home, Brownsville chapel, with burial in Midway Church Cemetery in Lindseyville. Visitation is from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Other survivors include his wife, Jean Haislip Ford; a daughter, Beth Guess and her husband, Randy, of Oakland; a son, Paul Ford and his wife, Lee Ann, of Bowling Green; a sister, Shirley Seedorf of Arcadia, Fla.; two brothers, Jerry Ford of Belle, Mo., and Larry Ford and his wife, Phyllis, of Poplar Bluff; four grandchildren, Joshua Basham, Jeana Bratcher, Rachel Ford and Jackson Ford; and several nieces and nephews.