Memorial services for Mrs. Dixie Bell Ford, age 83, of Tullahoma, TN,
will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at Manchester
Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Eric Henson officiating. Mrs. Ford passed
away on Monday, June 27, 2016 at NHC in Tullahoma, TN.
Dixie was born in Saluda, IN, the daughter of the late John and Margaret
Hay Smith. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith.
Dixie is survived by her loving husband of 64 years, Bennie Ford of
Tullahoma; two sons, Ricky Lee and Terry Ray (Patricia) Ford, both of
Indiana; one daughter, Rebecca (Mark) Johnson of Cookeville; one sister,
Barbara Southworth; one grandchild, Lisa DeKeyser; and two great
grandchildren, Samuel Grant DeKeyser and Ann Marie DeKeyser.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made in
Mrs. Ford’s memory to Alzheimer’s Association, 201 W. Lincoln Street,
Tullahoma, TN, 37388.
MANCHESTER FUNERAL HOME IS HONORED TO SERVE THE FORD FAMILY