JIMMY JAKE FORD BORN 9/27/1948 DIED 5/15/2023 HE LIVED ALEXANDER, AR AND DIED VA HOSPITAL LITTLE ROCK, AR AT THE AGE OF 74. HE WAS A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE OF CLASS 1966 AND WORKED MOST OF HIS LIFE RUNNING A PRINTING PRESS FOR NEWS PAPERS. HE FINISHED HIS CAREER WORKING FOR WHATKINS IN MABELVILLE, AR WHERE HE WORKED FOR 20 + YEARS. YOU COULD SAY JIMMY HAD INK IN HIS VEINS. JIMMY WAS BORN DUMAS, TX AND GREW UP IN THE SMALL TOWN OF CHEYENNE WHERE HE GOT HIS FIRST JOB AS A PRINTER FOR THE CHEYENNE STAR. JIMMY MOVED TO ALEXANDER, AR WHERE HE MADE HIS HOME FOR 30 YEARS. JIMMY IS A VIETNAM ERA VETERAN OF THE US NAVY FROM WHICH HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED. JIMMY WAS NEVER MARRIED OR HAVE ANY CHILDREN, BUT HE HAD SCORES OF FRIENDS. JIMMY WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATHE BY HIS PARENTS OPAL AND JAKE FORD FROM CHEYENNE, OK AND 2 SISTERS CHARLENNE PHILIPS, BROTHER-IN-LAW PRESTON PHILIPS FROM OKC, OK, BETTY GARRIS, CHARLOTTE, NC, BROTHER-IN-LAW ROBERT GARRIS OMAHA, NB AND SISTER-IN-LAW REGENA FORD CHEYENNE, OK. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS BROTHER DONNIE FORD FROM CHEYENNE, OK AND NUMEROUS NEICES AND NEPHEWS. JIMMY WILL BE ENTOMBED AT NATIONAL CEMETARY FORT, SILL, OK AT A LATER DATE.