Funeral services for Mrs. Beulah Mae Spencer Ford Barner of Americus, Georgia will be held on Saturday, November 26, 2016 at 3:00 P.M. at the Friendship Baptist Church in Americus, Georgia with Bishop Melvin McCluster officiating. Burial will follow at Staley Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Beulah Mae Spencer Ford Barner was born on September 24, 1940 in Desoto, Georgia to the late Edward & Doshie Mae Spencer Ford. She attended the public schools in Sumter County. She received an Associate Degree from Georgia Southwestern College to become a chef, a trade that she practiced for many years. She was also employed at Excell Inc, Magnolia Manor and later retiring from Cooper Lighting.
She is preceded in death by a son; James Edward Allen, a grandson; Jeston Dorrell Allen, a great granddaughter, Keyarri Nere’ Ruch; her parents: Edward and Doshie Mae Spencer Ford; her grandparents that raised her: Willie and Maggie Spencer; a brother, L. C. Spencer and a sister, Elizabeth Mitchell. Beulah departed this life on Saturday Nov. 19, 2016 at Phoebe-Sumter Medical Center in Americus, GA.
She will be lovingly remembered by her children: Mrs. Joann Allen Johnson (William) Augusta, GA, Mr. John Paul Allen, Jr. (Ayada) of Americus, GA, Ms. Gloriele Kendrick Barbary, Columbus, GA; her grandchildren: devoted caregiver, Ms. Tanaisha L. Clark whom she raised as her own, Mrs. JaMeia S. Ruch (Rahsaan), Mr. Jarrius Cladd, Ms. Kierra Polk, Ms. Aliyah Allen, Madison Ingram; her great grandchildren: Deona N. Clark, Cedric D. Clark Jr., A’Shariya S. Ruch and Rahsaan D. Ruch Jr.; three sisters: Mrs. Dorothy Bridges (Walter), Mrs. Sallie White and Mrs. Mary Green Barner (Calvin) all of Americus GA; one brother, Mr. Henry Lee Spencer, Americus, GA; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Helen Spencer of Dawson, GA; one aunt, Mrs. Emma Jones of Leslie, GA; devoted friends: Cletittia Renae Yearby and Mary Williams; her Prayer Sisters: Sis Mary P. Battle, Sis Molly Williams, Sis. Mable Streeter and Sis. Brenda Battle. A host of nieces, nephews other relatives and friends survive.
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