Buna Ford

Buna "Corkey" Ford of Lindsay, Oklahoma passed from this life on January 11, 2009 in Lindsay, Oklahoma at the age of 79. Corkey was born February 26, 1929 at the Nelson home in Snyder Community South of Lindsay. A twin along with Euna "Jennie" (Nelson) Simmons born to George L. Nelson and Virgie L. (Rice) Nelson, Corkey was one of eight children. Her mother passed away before her second birthday, and her sister Becky who was twelve at the time stayed home to help with her younger siblings until they were old enough to attend school. Corkey was a Christian and was baptized at Snyder Baptist Church when she was eleven years old. Corkey graduated from Hughes High School on May 16, 1946. She loved to serve and worked in several restaurants as a waitress in the Lindsay area during the 1950?s. She married Martin Allen Ford on August 27th, 1955 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. Corkey and Chunk did not have any children of their own, but loved to spend time and take care of their nieces and nephews. After her sister Jennie was killed in a car accident, she took care of her niece Linda every weekend during her childhood. Corkey and Linda were always close. Corkey was like a mother to Linda, a grandmother to Linda?s daughter Kelsey and later became Mimi to Kaedyn, Kelsey?s daughter. Corkey worked as a bookkeeper and cashier for Super C Mart in Lindsay for many years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lindsay, Oklahoma. Corkey loved to bake and she enjoyed baking pies for her friends and relatives and cooking for her family. She also liked watching OU basketball and football. Mrs. Ford is survived by one sister, Mary Sue Duncan, her niece Linda Simmons-Wolfe, her great-niece, Kelsey Swinford and her great-great niece, Kaedyn Swinford. She also leaves behind a host of other nieces and nephews; Tony C. Nelson, Don Carruth, Ronnie Earl Nelson, Ann Pollan Henson, Kathy Pollan Horsley, Jana Duncan Haley, Beth Nelson Gilreath, David Carruth and John Duncan. Mrs. Ford was preceded in death by her husband Martin Allen Ford who passed in 1974, her parents, George Lee and Virgie Lee Nelson, three sisters; Rebecca Ruth Carruth, Euna Nelson Simmons and Ina Nelson Heffington, and three brothers; George Earl Nelson, Charles Cecil Nelson, and Ewert "Speck" Lee Nelson. Funeral services for Mrs. Ford are set for two o?clock p.m. Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at the First Baptist Church in Lindsay, Oklahoma with Pastor John Hornbeck officiating. Interment will be at Erin Springs Cemetery in Erin Springs, Oklahoma. Services are under the direction of B.G. Boydston Funeral Home of Lindsay, Oklahoma. Memorials may be made to Erin Springs Cemetery Fund. Condolences for the family may be made online at www.boydstonfuneralhome.com.

Buna Ford

February 26, 1929 - January 11, 2009

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