[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 167 (Tuesday, October 22, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1326]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING THE LIFE AND MILITARY SERVICE OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN 
                               DALE FORD

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                            HON. TRENT KELLY

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 22, 2019

  Mr. KELLY of Mississippi. Madam Speaker, I rise today to celebrate 
the life and military service of Lieutenant Colonel John Dale ``JD'' 
Ford, who passed away on October 11 at the age of 56.
  JD was born on October 16, 1962, in Laurel, Mississippi. He was a 
graduate of Taylorsville High School, where he was the second basemen 
for the Taylorsville Tartars baseball team. After graduation, he 
pursued higher education at Belhaven University in Jackson, 
Mississippi.
  JD answered the call to serve our great nation in the Mississippi 
National Guard and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in October of 2018. 
As a Mississippi Guardsman, JD worked in the United States Property and 
Fiscal Operations Department for 36 years and deployed to Kuwait and 
Iraq.
  Left to cherish his memory is his wife of 29 years, Bobbi Jo Ford of 
Brandon, Mississippi; his sons--John Dale Ford, Jr. and William Robert 
Ford; his daughter, Maci Ford Whyte of Brandon, Mississippi; his 
sisters--Marilyn Naron of Brandon, Mississippi, Nancy Ford of Brandon, 
Mississippi, and Emily Evans of Taylorsville, Mississippi; as well as 
many nieces and nephews and extended family members.
  Lieutenant Colonel John Dale Ford's life was one of service, grace, 
love for his family, and community. He will be greatly missed by all 
whom he encountered.

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