Gervais W. FORD

1897 - 1978  (81 years)

• Name	Gervais W. FORD
  Born	12 Jan 1897	Natchitoches, Natchitoches, LA, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Feb 1978	Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA, USA   [2]
  Buried	Prien Memorial Park Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I1035	Boyd
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2008

  
  

  Father	Thomas Washington “Buck” FORD,   b. 23 Jan 1863, , Catahoula, LA, USA ,   d. 25 Mar 1931, Natchitoches, Natchitoches, LA, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Mary Eliza “Mollie” SPANN,   b. 6 Mar 1876, , Red River, LA, USA ,   d. 14 Sep 1950  (Age 74 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1894  [2]
  Family ID	F512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alma Roberta WEIL,   b. 7 Jul 1894, Jackson, Madison, TN, USA ,   d. 2 Sep 1975  (Age 81 years)
  Married	18 Aug 1920	Napoleonville, Assumption, LA, USA   [3]
  	“Little Texas” plantation
  Children	+ 1. Gervais Weil “Dub” FORD,   b. 8 Nov 1921, Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA, USA ,   d. 14 Jul 2007, San Jose, Santa Clara, CA, USA  (Age 85 years) + 2. Thomas Robert FORD,   b. 24 Jun 1923, Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA, USA ,   d. 27 Apr 2006, Lexington, Fayette, KY, USA  (Age 82 years) + 3. Patrick Lang “Pat” FORD,   b. 23 Sep 1927, Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA, USA ,   d. 21 Aug 2003  (Age 75 years)
  Photos		FordFamily1970 (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
  		The Moses Weil Family, c 1931 Moses Weil Kate L. Weil, Elizabeth Lang Hall Roy Weil, C. Leonard Jones Alma Weil Ford, Maldetta F. Weil Gervais W. Ford, Elbert Weil Gervais Weil Ford, Sam H. Weil, Elizabeth Weil Jones Patrick Lang Ford, Katharine Weil, Roy Weil, Jr., Julia-Lois Weil,Thomas R. Ford, Jean & Beth Weil (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
  Headstones		Gervais and Alma FORD Tombstone
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2008
  Family ID	F496	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Jan 1897 - Natchitoches, Natchitoches, LA, USA Married - 18 Aug 1920 - Napoleonville, Assumption, LA, USA Died - 12 Feb 1978 - Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA, USA Buried - - Prien Memorial Park Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Gervais W Ford

  
  

  Headstones

  Gervais W. FORD

  
  

• Notes

  Gervais Born January 12, 1897 (Tuesday) at Natchhoches, Louisiana. Died February 12 1978, and is buried at Prien Memorial Park in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He served in the army during WWI, and saw duty overseas. He later served as Commander of W.B. Williamson Post #1 of the American Legion. During World War II, he was a member of the Louisiana State Guard serving as Lt. Colonel. He received an AB degree from Louisiana State Normal College (now Northwestern State University) in Natchitoches, Louisiana, attended summer schools at Tulane University in New Orleans, and received an MA degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He taught in both elementary and secondary schools in the city of Lake Charles, Louisiana. He was principal of Lake Charles High School for twenty-one years and superintendent of the Lake Charles City School System from 1948-1967. In all, he gave fifty years of service to the Lake Charles Public Schools. He had no middle name, but took the initial "W" when he started teaching as he felt it would look more professional. He belonged to numerous organizations: Chairman for seven years of Louisiana Committee of Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Lake Charles Teachers Association Louisiana Superintendents Association National Education Association American Association of School Administrators President, Retired Teachers Association Calcasieu Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, member for thirty-five years, and served as president of the Council. Sowela Area Council, Comp Fire Girls, served as president of Council and helped select the campsite. Lake Charles Public Library, served as president of the executive board. Louisiana Chapter, National Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children president, and executive board member. Organized class at Hamilton School for handicapped children. Lake Charles Civil Defense, member of executive board Y.M.C.A, executive board member Kiwanis Club, member and past president Calcasieu-Cameron Parish Tuberculosis Association board member Superintendents Association Chairman of 7th District Calcasieu United Appeals, Board of Directors Salvation Army, member of executive board Historical Association, President He was selected by the Young Men's Business Club as "Outstanding Citizen of 1963", and was presented with many other awards and plaques for his service to his community. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S53] 1900 US Federal Census. [S61] Ford Family Genealogy, Gervais Aldredge Bouser. [S26] Moses Weil Family Bible (probably).