Mr. James “Big Daddy” Ford, 49, resident of Selma. Selma High class of 1981, passed away Sunday, March 3, 2014. Service will be held Saturday, March 8, 2014, 1:00 p.m. at Plant St. Baptist Church.

Survivors include mother, Mrs. Linda Ford; three sons, James Smith, Jashombe Smith, and Jerryonne Patterson; five brothers, Kurt Marks, Joe Marks, Thomas Ford Jr., Rickey Ford, andBarry Ford; three sisters, Sheila Daniels, Debbie Lakes, and Celestine Ford Walker Jr.; two grandchildren, Jameria and Kinsley Smith; one daughter-in-law, three sisters-in-laws, three brothers-in-laws, sixteen nieces, ten nephews; special friend, James Melvin Reese.