LARNED — Born in Sayre, Okla. March 8, 1935, son of Simon and Lovina May (Martin) Ford. They moved to Elk City, Okla. when he was 6 months old and he lived there through high school.

He attended and was baptized at the First Christian Church in Elk City.

Summers Jerry played baseball and worked in grocery stores. His dad, Simon Ford, organized the first little league baseball in Elk City. Simon was a wholesale grocery salesman so it was never a problem for Jerry to find summer jobs. Summers were always busy working, playing baseball or going to baseball games.

His mother, Lovina Ford, was a stay at home mother who took wonderful, loving care of him and his father. Jerry did not have any brothers or sisters.

Jerry’s mother had eight siblings and his dad had four siblings. This made for

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