George Ford Sr

April 25, 1945 - February 25, 2010

George Ford, 64, of Bowling Green, died Feb. 25, 2010, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. The Clarksdale, Miss., native was employed by General Motors and retired from the Corvette plant in 1999. He retired from Bowling Green Independent Schools in 2008, where he was employed as a bus driver. He was employed at GRITS Transportation Services before he became disabled in 2009. He was a member, a deacon and head of the transportation ministry at Trinity Full Gospel Baptist Church. George united at an early age with Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Bobo, Miss. He was a son of the late Cornelius Ford and Lucille Outlaw Ford. He was preceded in death by a daughter: Kimberly Renae Hentz; two sisters: Edna Carr and Rebecca Ford; and four brothers: Cornelius Ford Jr., Freeman Ford, James Ford and Frank Ford. Funeral is at noon Friday at Trinity Full Gospel Baptist Church, with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Visitation is from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the church. Burnam and Son Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.burnamandsonmortuary.com. Survivors include his wife of 40 years: Mary Stewart Ford; three sons: George Lamont Ford and Kenneth R. Hentz (Denita), all of Decatur, Il, and Demenian A. Ford (Danielle), of Fredericksburg, Va.; three sisters: Robbie Lee (Roosevelt), of Bobo, MS, Susie Walker, of St. Louis, MO and Lillie Burnside, of Peoria, Il; four brothers: Jimmy Earl Ford (Clara), Robert Ford (Althea), and Elgin Ford, all of St. Louis, and Jerry Ford, of Sedalia, MO.; 12 grandchildren: Christine Polk, Kenneth R. Hentz Jr., Janavia Perkins, Darius White, Kameron L. Ford, Danny Taylor, George L. Ford III, Montez D. Hentz, Kendall L. Ford, Queen-Nubian Ford, Kendra R. Hentz and King-Demenian Ford; four great-grandchildren: sister-in-law: Adeline Ford, of St. Louis, MO; and several nieces, nephews, cousins, many relatives and friends.