Services for Iva James Ford, of Lansing, Mich., formerly ofBrookhaven, are 2 p.m. Saturday, July 29, at Mt. Olive M.B. Churchin Brookhaven with burial in Levi Lloyd Cemetery in Wesson.Williams Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Visitation is today from 1 until 8:30 p.m. at the funeral home,with family hour from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Mr. Ford, 73, died July 24, 2006, at Ingham Regional MedicalCenter in Lansing. He was born in Brookhaven on Aug. 16, 1932, toGrant Ford and Aldenie Ford.

He was a truck driver.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his brothers, EuliusBlack, Willis Black and Marvin Jordan; and his sister, LucilleCooper.

Survivors are his wife, Annie Pearl Lloyd Ford, of Lansing; hisdaughter, Ira Jean Wheeler, of Crystal Springs; his son,Christopher James Ford, of Lansing; his stepdaughters, EdnaWhittaker and Charlene Johnson, both of Brookhaven, BonnieSturdivant, Barbara Lynn Malone, Dawn Campbell and NicoleSturdivant, all of Lansing; his stepsons, James Johnson and LambertJohnson, both of Brookhaven, and Mike Sturdivant, of Lansing; hissister Costella Williams, of Brookhaven; his three grandchildren,two great-grandchildren and nieces, nephews and otherrelatives.