LEESVILLE - Services for Frank M. Ford will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Hixson with the Rev. Kenneth Baggs officiating. Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery in Anacoco.

Ford, 73, of Leesville died Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1999, in Byrd Regional Medical Center.

He was a native and lifelong resident of Vernon Parish and a U.S. Army veteran serving in World War II.

Survivors include one son, Tim Lofton of Leesville; four daughters, Ella Averritt and Dorothy Meeks, both of Houston, Texas, Sandra Taillon of Manville, R.I., and Audrey McCain of Leesville; one brother, John Ford of New Llano; two sisters, Dorothy Gallman of Lufkin, Texas, and Norma Gerace of Baton Rouge; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.