Clara Irene Ford was born December 23, 1920, in Wewoka, Oklahoma. She has resided in Bakersfield for the last 43 years. She passed away September 26, 2005. She attended Columbus Street Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Gene Ford and she is survived by two children: her daughter, Saundra Blankenship and husband, Don of Bakersfield; and her son, Clifford Ford and his wife, Carol of Fountain Hills, Arizona. She has 5 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Interment will be in the Family Cemetery in Wewoka, Oklahoma. Clara loved the Lord and is with Him in Heaven.