Services for Bessie Marie Ford will be at 1PM, Monday, February 20, 2023 at Lake Lilly Baptist Church, Jonesville, LA with Bro. Mickey Hudnall and Bro. Eric Peyton officiating. Visitation will be from 11AM until time of service at 1PM, Monday, February 20th at the church. Interment will be at Heard Cemetery, Manifest, LA under the direction of Magnolia Funeral Home, Alexandria.

Bessie Marie Ford, 88, passed away Saturday, February 18, 2023 at LaSalle Nursing Home. She loved outdoors and spending time with family.

She was preceded in death by her husband, David Ford; her parents; brother, James Deville; great grandchildren, Zachary Sutton, Maverick and Rosemary Javers.

Those left to cherish her memory include her children, Michael W. Ford and wife Malinda; Ottis David Ford Jr., Nelva Stump and husband Joe; grandchildren, Alanna and Aidian Ford, Justin Ford and wife Melissa, Jenna Javers and husband Ray, Julia Cassidy and husband Jared, Brandy Sanders and husband Ronnie, Miranda Goodwin, Joey Stump and husband Terrence; and 19 great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Adam Taylor, Donnie Eames, Brett Walwsorth, Mathew Brazille, Glen Glenn and Justin Ford. Honorary pallbearer will be Nathan Wyant.