Ford, Gordon Chester 'Buddy' Jr.

1957 - 2014  (56 years)

• Name	Ford, Gordon Chester 'Buddy'
  		Gordon Chester "Buddy" Ford Jr. (1957-2014) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	15 Nov 1957	Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	FORD.G002
  _FGRAVE	128983892
  Funeral	5 May 2014	Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Death	1 May 2014	Louisville, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Burial	Unknown   [3]
  Person ID	I8837	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Fulk - Barnett Levi Foster Preston Fulk Sr. and Minerva Jane Barnett Descendants, Good - Foster Harold R. Good and Anna Madge L. Foster Descendants, McCracken - ? John McCracken and Nancy ? Descendants
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Ford, Gordon Chester Sr.,   b. 15 Apr 1928   d. 2 Aug 1964 (Age 36 years)
  Mother	McCracken, Mary Helen,   b. 12 Feb 1933, Lawrenceville, Lawrence County, Illinois d. 31 Jan 2006, St. Marys Medical Center, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	11 Nov 1956	Springfield Memorial Hospital, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois   [4]
  Age at Marriage	He was 28 years and 7 months - She was 23 years and 9 months.
  Family ID	F4383	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	?, T.
  Children	1. Ford, G.C. III
  Family ID	F4413	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Ayers, M.K.
  Family ID	F4414	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Nov 1957 - Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania Death - 1 May 2014 - Louisville, Clay County, Illinois Funeral - 5 May 2014 - Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Gordon C. "Buddy" Ford, Jr., age 56, of Louisville, Illinois formerly of Flora passed away on Thursday, May 1, 2014 at his home in Louisville. Buddy was born November 15, 1957 in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania to Gordon Ford Sr. and Mary H. (McCracken) Ford. He was a factory worker and a member of the Xenia Christian Church and Flora Moose Lodge. Buddy is survived by a daughter: Katherine Ayers; a son: Gordon Ford III; four sisters: Mary Lou Hayes, Connie (Dick) Sharp, Tina (Larry) Huddlestun, and Clarann Worthey (Al Cowles); three grandchildren: Makayla Schroer, Tristrum Ayers, and Zander Ayers; along with several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, step-father (Clarence Waggoner), two nieces and a nephew. The funeral service for Buddy Ford was held at Frank & Bright Funeral Home in Flora. Memorials may be made to the family.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2608] The Clay County Advocate Press (Flora, Illinois), Obituary, Ford, Gordon C. "Buddy" Jr., 56, (http://remembering-when.com/advocatepress/obituaries.shtml?refresh=true), none. (Reliability: 2). [S14637] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Ford, Gordon C. "Buddy" Jr, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128983892/gordon-chester-ford), none. (Reliability: 2). [S2609] http://findagrave.com, Obituary, Ford, Gordon C. "Buddy" Jr., 56, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=128983892), none. (Reliability: 2). [S2594] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Waggoner, Mary H., 72, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18117435/mary-h.-waggoner), none. (Reliability: 2).