Royce Gene Ford, 84, of Westville, Indiana, passed away on October 29th, 2023 at Northwest Health-La Porte.

 

Royce was born on February 13th, 1939, in Sidney, AR to the late Lester and Alta (Willis) Ford.

 

On June 9th, 1956, he married Retha Ford who preceded him in death. Surviving Royce are his 2 children, Jerry (Chris) Ford of Union Mills and Carol (Kevin) Martin of Westville; 4 grandsons, Eric (Jessica) Ford of La Porte, Adam Ford of Union Mills, Brandon Martin of La Porte, and Joshua Martin of MO; 2 great-grandchildren, Ava and Noah Ford; as well as numerous other grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.

 

Royce was a Baptist preacher as well as a tree trimmer, prior to his retirement.  He was a founding member of Sawdust Trail Missionary Baptist Church.  Royce enjoyed fishing and gardening.  His family will fondly remember when Royce grew his own cotton plant, that grew taller than him!

 

A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 4th, 2023 at Sawdust Trail Missionary Baptist Church, 405 N. Main Street, Kingsbury, IN 46365 with Brother James Candler officiating.  Private burial at Kingsbury Cemetery will take place at a later date.

 

A time of visitation will be held from 10:30 a.m. until the time of the service on Saturday at the church.

 

Memorial donations may be directed to Sawdust Trail Missionary Baptist Church, 405 N. Main Street, Kingsbury, IN 46365.

 

Condolences may be shared with the family on www.cutlercares.com.