Mina Spell Ford

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, at the Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home Chapel for Mina Spell Ford, 96, who died at 3:53 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, in Crowley.
Rev. Lewis Morris, pastor of First Methodist Church of Crowley, will conduct the services. Burial will follow in the Indian Bayou Methodist Cemetery. Visitation may be observed on Wednesday from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. and Thursday from 8 a.m. until service time.
Mina was born April 9, 1919, in Indian Bayou. She was a lifelong member of the Methodist church. She worked for the Daily Signal for 16 years as a proof reader. She was also involved with the Salvation Army, Crowley Christian Care and was a Pink Lady at the American Legion Hospital for 30 years. She was a sales director with Olen Mills Portrait Studio.
Mrs. Ford is survived by her son, John Ford of Crowley; son-in-law, Jim Duplantis of Baton Rouge; and a sister, Mary Dubose of Dallas, Texas.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Horence and Hester Morgan Spell; her husband, Sylvan Ford; and her daughter, Kathleen Duplantis.
The family request any memorial donations be made to the First Methodist Church of Crowley or the Indian Bayou Methodist Church.
Condolences may be sent to the family by www.geesey-ferguson.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home of Crowley.