Ninth Generation

18049. William Stewart Ford was born on 11 October 1905 in Aho, Watauga Co., NC. William died on 15 January 1995 at the age of 89 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Baileys Camp Baptist Church Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC.^44818,44819

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Mr. William Stewart Ford

Mr. William Stewart Ford, 89, of Route 1, Hudson, a former resident of Route 8, Lenoir, died Sunday, Jan. 15, at Caldwell Memorial Hospital in Lenoir.

He was born Oct. 11, 1905, in the Aho community of Watauga County, a son of the late Filmore and Blanche Coffey Ford. He was a retired farmer and a former employee of Broyhill Furniture Company. He was a member of Bailey's Camp Baptist Church.

Survivors include six sons, Alfred Ford of Newton, Frank ford and Walter Fork [sic] [Ford], both of Black Mountain, Ray Ford of Morganton, James Ford of Hudson and Paul Ford of Lenoir; one daughter, Lucy Smith of Morganton; three sisters, Mary Belle Hampton and Ella Richardson, both of Lenoir, and Sadie Church of Fleetwood; and three brothers, Glenn Ford and Blaine Ford, both of Boone, and Farthing Ford of Lexington. He is also survived by 20 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Lillie Mae Ford Ford, one sister, Mrs. Pansy Jackson; and three brothers, Mr. Ralph Ford, Mr. Frank Ford and Mr. Ingle Ford.

Services were Wednesday afternoon at Bailey's Camp Baptist Church, officiated by the Rev. Max West and the Rev. Edgar Ford. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

William Stewart Ford and Lillie Mae Ford were married on 11 April 1926 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.⁴⁴⁸²⁰ Lillie Mae Ford, daughter of Cordova Smith Ford and Laura Alice Hamlet, was born on 17 January 1904 in Watauga Co., NC.⁴⁴⁸²¹ Lillie died in June 1985 at the age of 81 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Baileys Camp Baptist Church Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 2 June 1985.^44822,44823