Bro. Hershell Ford

72-year-old Bro. Hershell Ford of the Short Mountain Community died Sunday at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville. He was a member of Amity Baptist Church, and pastor of Wilson Hill Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Daniel and Laura Blair Ford; one son; Brad Ford, a brother, Henry Ford; and two sisters, Sallie Melton and Mary Daisy Gannon. The funeral service will be held Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at the chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Leonard Herman and Nick Pelham will officiate, and burial will follow in the Gunter-Grizzle Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m., and Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. until the time of the funeral service. Survivors include his wife, Marie Cripps Ford of Woodbury. Two children and their spouses, James and Marilyn Hale, and Johnny and Donnell Ford, all of Woodbury. Four grandchildren, Chad and Breann Hale, Nick and Leslie Pelham, Taylor Ford and Callie Ford, all of Woodbury. Two great-grandchildren, Bella and Eli Pelham of Woodbury. Two sisters, Sara Moore of Woodbury, and Louise Smithson of Michigan. The family is asking in lieu of flowers, donations please be made to the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church and Wilson Hill Baptist Church. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.