FUNERAL SERVICES 
FOR 
P.F.C. CHARLES E. FORD 
THE GREEN CYPRESS BAPTIST 
CHURCH 
X 
CLAXTON^ GEORGIA 
REV. P. H. LYDE, PASTOR 
SATURDAY/AUGUST 16' 1969 
2:00 P. M. 
HARPERS FUNERAL HOME 
IN CHARGE 
OBITUARY 
PFC. Charles E. Ford, the son ol Mr. and Mrs. Charles 
Jackson Ford, was born In Evans County, Georgia, May 
9th, 1949, and departed this life on July 23rd, 1969, while 
in action in Vietnam. He attended Public Schools of Evans 
County. He graduated from the Evans County High School 
in 1967. 
He joined and was baptized at the St. John Baptist 
Church in his early youth. He was drafted into Military 
Service on September 26th, 1968. He will be.sadly missed 
by a loving Mother and Father, Mr, and Mrs. Charles Jack* 
son Ford and a dear Grandmother, Mrs. Willie G. McClain j 
4 brothers, Wendell McClain, Cecil D. McClain, Jeffery and 
Daryl McClain, aU of Claxton, Georgia; two sisters, Gwen>; 
dolyn and Jacquelyn McClain of Claxton; one Uncle and 
Aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Hemy McClain; four Great Ahnts, 
Mrs. Callie Brenton, Mrs. Beatrice McCray, Mrs. Sarah 
Badger of Claxton, Mrs. Artencia Akins of Glennville, Ga,; 
three Great Uncles, Mr. Jessie McClain, Claxton, Ga., Mr. 
David McClain, Hagan, Ga. ; e host of relatives and friends. 
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay 
down his life for his friends.  St. John 15:13, 
ORDER OF SERVICE 
t 
Processional 
Selection - God Will Take Care Of You"_Choir 
Invocation ,i 
Scripture i 
Selection - Thy Holy'WiU Be Done______________Choir 
Bemarks------------------------------- Dea. Willie Bacon 
Bemarks -----------------------------Dea. Foye Palmer 
Acknowledgements 
Obituary I 
Solo--------------------j---------------Miss Aim Batts 
Eulogy-------------------------------Chaplain Turner 
Assit--------------------------------Rev. P. H. Lyde 
Recessional------------------------------Last Respect 
Final Resting Place____________Green Cypress Cemetery 
Full Military Escorts and Burial Rites 
ACTIVE PAXXBEABEBS 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
FLOWER BEARERS 
LINDA BOGGS  CONSTANCE BANKS 
SHIRLEY FREDRICK ANN BATTS 
BRENDA HAGAN DORIS PALMER, 
LOLA RUFFINS MARIE BACON 
EMMA LITTLES CHERRY BATTS 
The family of the deceased wishes to express their 
thanks to their many friends and relatives for the kind 
expressions of sympathy through florals, telephone calls, 
visits and cards. Ood bless and keep you. This is our 
Prayer