The memorial service for the late Mrs. Doris Welch Ford, who passed Friday, December 6, 2013, will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, December 21, 2013 at the Eight United Holiness Church, Bailey Street, Leslie, Georgia.  Elder Robert Bennett, pastor, will officiate. 

Mrs. Doris Welch Ford was born December 16, 1952 in Mainz, Germany.  She was the widow of the late Jed Ford.   Her mother-in-law, Lizzie M. Ford, preceded her in death.  She was a former employee Walmart of Americus, Georgia and Perry, Georgia. She was a member of the Eight United Holiness Church of Leslie, Georgia. 

She leaves to cherish her memories her beloved godmother, Mrs. Gussie Milledge; a devoted godbrother, Joe Johnson Milledge, Minnie Milledge Wilson (James), Jesse Milledge (Evette), Stephfon Milledge, Nathaniel Milledge, Larry Milledge (Ann), and Gregg Milledge; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Michael Ford, David Ford, Jessie Ford, all of Oglethorpe, Georgia, Warren Ford, Jacksonville, Florida, Lester Johnson, Waco, Texas, Lizzie Warren, Oglethorpe, Georgia, Joann Johnson, Ellaville, Georgia, and Mary Jane Johnson, Pompano, Florida; a host of beloved nieces, nephews, beloved Christian friends and neighbors.

Annie Ada Thompson McClendon, age 97, 464 Thompson Street, Ellaville, Georgia passed Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at the Phoebe Sumter Hospital, Americus, Georgia.

The funeral service will be at 1:00 P.M., Sunday, December 8, 2013 at Union Hill African Methodist Episcopal Church, 393 Spivey Street, Ellaville, Georgia.  Interment will follow in the Church cemetery.

Mrs. McClendon was born August 12, 1916 in Ellaville, Schley County, Georgia to the late Ed Thompson and Willie L. Davis Thompson. Born in a family of eight children, she was preceded in death by six which include: baby Thompson, Bedell Thompson Blue, Eddie Willie Minter, Roosevelt Thompson, Joe Ulysses Thompson and Chester Davis Thompson, Sr.

Mrs. McClendon was a 1934 graduate of Ellaville High School. After completion of high school she moved to Wellsville, Ohio for a better life. She worked as a nurse aid with one of the local nursing home for several years. She met and married Thomas McClendon and they later moved back to their native home of Ellaville, Georgia. She joined the Union Hill A.M.E. Church where she served on the Stewardess Ministerial Board for a number of untiring years.

She leaves a legacy of love and memories to her beloved family which include: a loving and devoted brother, Henry Louis Thompson, Rushville, Indiana; nieces and nephew, Angeli Sharon Smith and Chester Davis Thompson, Jr. both of Ellaville, Georgia and Joe Ann Fulks, Maryland, Betty Walls Ford, New York, James Shipp, New Jersey; seven great nieces and great nephews; a host of beloved cousins, Annett McKenzie, Jeanette Duncan both of Atlanta, Georgia, Joe Ulysses (Betty) Duncan, Bessie Lue (J. C.) Nelson, Oris (Ellis) Johnson, Raymond Duncan all of Ideal, Georgia, Henry Morris Duncan, Texas, Artie Mae Davis, Gladys Oliver, Amy Lou Lester all of Ellaville, Georgia, Mary Lou Dotson, Liverpool, Ohio and Mary Peters, Trenton, New Jersey; Union Hill A.M.E. Church Family and a host of beloved friends.