Eleanor Lucille Ford

Published 6:00 am Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Graveside services for Eleanor Lucille Ford, of Brookhaven, weretoday, Jan. 2, at Terry Cemetery. Brookhaven Funeral Home was incharge of arrangements.

Mrs. Ford, 84, died Dec. 30, 2006, at King’s Daughters MedicalCenter. She was born on Feb. 28, 1922, to Christopher Silianoff andLucille Silvenski.

She was a member of First Baptist Church in Brookhaven.

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Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Max HenryFord; and two brothers.

Survivors are her son, Chris Ford, of Memphis, Tenn.; herdaughter, Jean Thornhill, of Hattiesburg; her sister, SylviaTucker, of Florence; her grandchildren, Katie Thornhill andChandler Ford; her nephew, Dave Tucker, of Florence; and hernieces, Karyn Geist and Carol Ann Furlan, both of Illinois; SharionSmith, of Florence; and other nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers are Dave Tucker, John Smith, Rod Tucker, Jim Bolin,Don Driskell and Millard Smith.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, theAmerican Heart Association or St. Jude Children’s ResearchHospital.