Alma Lavern Bailey Ford

Alma Lavern Bailey Ford was born December 28, 1932, in Joshua, Johnson County, Texas, to William Frank Bailey and Joyce Lois Rollins, and passed from this life into her eternal heavenly home on August 16, 2022, in Breckinridge, Oklahoma. 

She graduated from Aledo High School, Aledo, Texas, in 1948, and met the love of her life Lanham Ford, in 1949. They married at her parents’ home on March 6, 1955. Alma attended Weatherford Junior College and obtained an Associate’s degree. For many years she did bookkeeping and managed her husband’s CPA office in Weatherford before she retired and moved to Oklahoma in 2005. She was a member of Liberty Southern Baptist Church in Enid Oklahoma, and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. 

She left an amazing legacy in her family who loved her dearly and will miss her deeply. 

She is survived by her daughter, Kay Ford Morris (Tracy) of Breckinridge; four grandchildren: Mark Morris (Hallie); and Scott Morris (Angie) of Enid; Jill Morris Russell (Corey) of Oklahoma City; and Bobby Hodges (Erin) of Parker County, Texas; and ten great-grandchildren: Luke Morris (Gracie), Chloe Morris, Ethan Morris (Cailey), Mack Morris, Nixon Russell, Nolan Russell, Nash Russell, Peyson Hodges, Lanham Hodges, and Orvie Hodges; and one sister-in-law, Karen Bailey. 

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Eugene Lanham Ford, her son, Clay Ford; her brothers, Frank Bailey, Jr., Bob Bailey (Bea), Ban Bailey (Betty) and Harvey Bailey; and her sisters, Doris Bailey Tandy (Ben), Yvonne Bailey Vernon; and Emily Bailey Lambert (Bill).

Funeral services for Alma L. Bailey Ford will be held, Saturday, August 20, at 2:00 p.m., at Galbreaith Pickard Funeral Chapel in Weatherford, Texas. Burial will be at the Dicey Cemetery in Parker County, Texas. 

Memorial donations may be made to the Dicey Cemetery with Galbreaith-Pickard serving as custodian of funds.