Phoebe Love Ford

Published 3:40 pm Monday, October 31, 2016

Phoebe Love Ford, 87, of Elizabethton, died on Saturday, October 29, 2016, at Franklin Woods Community Hospital following a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late Henry Lewis McKeehan and Amanda Dugger McKeehan and was born in Carter County on February 28, 1929. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, J.B. Ford, in 1998, and two sons, Randy Ford and Larry Ford. She was also preceded in death by all of her brothers and sisters.
Mrs. Ford was a member of Oak Grove Christian Church and was a retired cook, having worked at the Milligan College Cafeteria for 16 years and the Senior Citizens Center for 12 years.
Those left to cherish her memory include two sons, Joe Ford, of the home, and Gary Ford and wife Kay of Elizabethton; two daughters, Judy Guy and husband Bobby of Johnson City; and Mary Ann Ford of Elizabethton; 10 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; and 10 step-great-grandchildren. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive.
A service to honor the life of Phoebe Love Ford will be conducted at 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 1, in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral and Cremation Services with Dr. James Richardson and Pastor Mark Street officiating. Music will be under the direction of Jerry Barnett, soloist. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, prior to the funeral service in the chapel, and at the home of a son, Gary Ford, 109 Hyder Road, Elizabethton, at other times. The graveside service and interment will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday, November 2, in the McKeehan Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Matthew Byrd, Andrew Byrd, Adam Byrd, Chris Ford, Anthony Ford, Dylan Willis, Travis Estep, Tyler Greybeal and Eddie Ford. Everyone will meet at the funeral home at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday to go in procession to the cemetery. Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may make donations to the Shriner’s Hospital for Children, P.O. Box 5548, Kingsport, TN 37663 or the American Heart Association, Living Legacy Partnership, 1101 North Chase Parkway, Suite 1, Marietta, GA 30067 or the American Diabetes Association, 900 E. Hill Avenue, Suite 240, Knoxville, TN 37915. Online condolences may be sent to the family and viewed by visiting our website at www.hathawaypercy.com.
Hathaway-Percy Funeral and Cremation Services is serving the Ford family. Office (423) 543-5544.