He is survived by His wife, Annie Lee Cullum Ford; one daughter, Carolyn Arrington; four step-children: Jeanette Sudduth, Janice Crenshaw all of Eupora, MS; Robert Crenshaw of California; Geneva Parchman of Clarks, TN; four brothers: William Ford of Winona, MS; Jimmy Pittman of Tulsa, OK; Reginald McKinney of Eupora, MS; and Michael Marshall of Kansas City, MO; five sisters: Clara Tippett, Leslie Willis, Sandra Kaye Herd, Margie Brown all of Eupora, MS; Zelma Taylor of Starkville, MS; three grandchildren; three great grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.