Ford, Bryant Elbert Services for Bryant Elbert Ford will be at noon Saturday, September 22, 2007, at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Gilmer, with the Rev. Vandell Smith officiating. Burial will follow in New Hope Cemetery. Arrangements are by Stanmore Funeral Home of Longview. Survivors include his wife, Mary; children, Terry, Bryant, Mason, Nichols, Robert, Chris, Ray, Eddie Mae, Lesa, Cheryl, Opal, Jessica, Tameshia and Rose; and siblings, Gregory, Otha and Naomi. Visitation will be from 6-7 p.m. today at the church. Published in the Longview News-Journal on 9/21/2007.