Clara Ford

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Clara May Ford, 83, of Marble Hill died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Oct. 30, 1921, in Marble Hill, daughter of Leander H. and Louisa B. Beel Null. She and Willard "Bill" Clinton Ford were married March 4, 1939.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Whitewater.

Survivors include her husband; a brother, Louis "Doc" Null of Marble Hill; four sisters, Mildred Vangennip, of Advance, Mo., Maude Crites of Union Mills, Ind., Dorothy Woodfin of Marble Hill and Melba Huffman of McClure, Ill.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and two sisters.

Friends may call today from 4 to 8 p.m. at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill.

Funeral will be Monday at 10 a.m. at the funeral home, with the Revs. Phil Berry and Dale Huff officiating. Burial will be in Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery in Marble Hill.