Jimmy Neil Ford

John 14:1–7 (KJV)

King James Version Chapter 14

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. 4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. 5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

13 November 2021

Bear Swamp Baptist Church

Officiant: David G. Morgan

Order of Service

Invocation

Military Honors

Scripture Reading, John 14:1-7

Message

Amazing Grace

Benediction

Obituary for Jimmy Neil Ford

Mr. Jimmy Neil Ford died Thursday, November 11, 2021 at McLeod Hospice House of Florence after an illness.

A graveside service will be Saturday, November 13, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Bear Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Cooke Funeral Home, prior to the graveside service.

Mr. Ford was born in Dillon County, the son of the late L. Jackson and Maxine Bullock Ford. He was a Veteran of the US Navy, where he served in Vietnam. He was also a member of Lake View Fire Dept., Dillon County Station #3 Fire Department and Lake View Rescue Squad.

He is survived by his wife, Mary M. Ford of the home; sons, James Ronald of Iowa, and Kenneth Edward of Mullins SC; daughter, Teresa Shepard of Virginia.

He was preceded in death by his son, Wayne.

Sermon

Neil was a remarkable man.

Adopted and raised in the same house.

Navy

Served three tours in Vietnam

Retired in 1982

Volunteer firefighter

Neil had a remarkable marriage.

Married June 23, 1971

Met in Hawaii

Lived in Hong Kong, Taipai, Taiwan

Four Children (Ronald, Wayne [D], Kenneth, Theresa) and grandchildren all over the country.

Neil served a remarkable God.

“Let not your heart be troubled.” Easy to say when life is good; hard to practice when you are burying someone you love.

Jesus isn’t saying not to be sad. He demonstrated His own grief just before raising Lazarus from the dead.

Experiencing grief and having a troubled heart aren’t the same thing. The untroubled heart knows God is at the center of the storm.

Faith: “Believe in God; believe also in Me [Jesus].”

Resurrection: “I am the way, the truth, and the life.”

Heaven: “I will come again and will take you to Myself, that where I am you may be also.”

Jesus was Neil’s only hope, and Jesus is our only hope. Believe in Christ, and “let not your heart be troubled.”