ROSEBUD — Edward Lee “Ted” Ford, 87, of Baileyville died Monday in a Waco hospital.

Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Rosebud with the Rev. H.L. Williams and Dr. Carl Jennings Jr. officiating.

Burial will be in Powers Chapel Cemetery near Rosebud.

He was born Nov. 1, 1920, in Baileyville to Thelston and Lessie Whitman Ford. He began school in Baileyville and graduated from Calvert High School in 1937. He was a lifelong resident of Baileyville. He served the rural electrification program for 36½ years as director of Belfalls Electric Coop from September 1962 to April 1999. He was vice president from 1988 until 1997, then president until retirement. He was a retired farmer and cattle rancher. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Rosebud and was a member of the board of directors of Bryan Production Credit Association from 1959 to 1983. He was a past member of Cameron Country Club and Calvert Country Club.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Francis Henslee Ford, and second wife, Dorothy Dyer Ford.

Survivors include three stepdaughters, Kay Trice of Baileyville, and Carol Schmidt and Melva Loewe, both of Rosebud.

Memorials may be made to Powers Chapel Cemetery, P.O. Box 344, Rosebud, 76570, or to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 631, Rosebud, 76570.

Visitation will be 5:30–7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Cook Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud.