Career
He represented the 86th district encompassing Shelby County from 1975–1981. Ford was one of twelve children born to North.J and Vera Ford. Growing up in the West Junction and Riverside neighborhoods of South Memphis, he graduated from Geeter High School.
Also, he attended Tennessee State University.
Rufus East. Jones was named to Ford"s seat. Ford was sentenced to federal prison in 2000 for tax evasion.
Foreign over twenty years, he operated a meat market in South Memphis. He died at Methodist Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee on November 10, 2014.