A funeral service for Laveta Pearl Ford, age 72, of Enid will be at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, May 15, 2007, at Trinity Baptist Church, with Rev. Clayton Conley officiating.  Burial will be Memorial Park Cemetery, with arrangements by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home.  Visitation with the family will be Monday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. at the funeral home.

            She was born to Dorsey W. “Red” and Lillian M. (Gates) Johnson on February 21, 1935, in Parkville, MO, and died Friday, May 11, 2007, at Integris Bass Baptist Hospital in Enid.

            Laveta grew up in Parkville and attended school there.  On April 19, 1955, she married G.A. Ford in Parkville, and they made their home in Enid, OK .  She was employed as a RLSA II at the State School until her retirement in 1994.  She was a member of VFW Ladies Auxiliary and Trinity Baptist Church, where she  taught Sunday School and VBS, and was a member of  Secret Sisters.    She was a member of the WIBC, and bowled on three leagues.

            She is survived by two daughters, Margaret Mae Clements and husband Wally, and Ruby Jewell Slowik and husband Ronald, all of Enid; three grandchildren, Randall James Ford of Fayetteville, AR, Andrea Lee “Rogers” Tambunga of Morrison, and Russell Eugene Rogers and wife Michelle of Enid; four great-grandchildren, Chandra Michelle Rogers, Amelia Lynn Tambunga, Alysia Pearl Rogers, and Caitlin Helen Rogers; three brothers, John Johnson and wife Linda of Urbana, MO, Larry Johnson and wife Lois of Smithville, MO, and Randy Johnson and wife Joy of Stockton, MO; five step grandchildren; fourteen step great grandchildren; eight step great, great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

            Laveta was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and three brothers.

            Memorials may be made through the funeral home to VFW Ladies Auxiliary Cancer Aid and Research.