July 5, 1925 – Oct. 31, 2011

NATCHEZ — Services for Theresa “T” Ford, 86, of Natchez, who died Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, at her residence, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Smithland Baptist Church in Stanton with the Rev. Percy Turner officiating.

Burial will follow at the church cemetery under the direction of Bateaste Memorial Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mrs. Ford was born July 5, 1925, in Shaw, La., the daughter of Saul Clemons and Martha Green Clemons.

Survivors include three daughters, Willie Mae Clemons, Bertha Bernard and husband, Percy, and Carolyn Anderson and husband, Ray, all of Natchez; one son, Willie B. Jones and wife, Quartreatta, of Natchez; one stepson and two stepdaughters who she loved dearly, the Rev. Ernest Ford Sr. and wife, Mary, Janie Jones and Emma Kaho and husband, Charles, all of Natchez; five sisters, Hazel Ford, Odessa Stevenson and Alberta Clemons, all of Ferriday, Bertha King and husband, Prince, of Natchez and Barbara Clemons of Las Vegas; one brother, Ernest Clemons and wife, Ethel, of Natchez; 52 grandchildren; 115 great-grandchildren; and 31 great-great-grandchildren.