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The Mt. Zion Memorial Fund, on
behalf of Estella Ford and Fat Possum Records, invites everyone to the dedication
ceremony for the headstone of James Lewis Carter “T-Model” Ford at Green Lawn
Memorial Gardens Cemetery off Highway 82 West outside of Greenville, the “Queen
City” of the Mississippi Delta. The
graveside ceremony will be held at 4 o’clock on Saturday, May 31, 2014. The
reception will be held afterwards at the Walnut Street Blues Bar (128 South
Walnut Street) in Greenville. Local
food and live music will be provided.
T-Model Ford died at home in
Greenville of respiratory failure after a prolonged illness on Tuesday, July
16, 2013. Amos Harvey, formerly of
Fat Possum Records, stepped up to help cover the costs of the visitation at Redmond
Funeral Home on North Broadway Street in Greenville, and friends and admirers of
the blues musician held fundraisers at the Walnut Street Blues Bar in Greenville,
the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic in Marshall County, and other
locations throughout the state. Gravel
Road, the blues singer’s former backing band, as well as Chris Johnson from
Bayport BBQ helped finish out the payment on the funeral costs. The funeral service was held at the
Washington County Convention Center on July 27. Musician and songwriter Robert Mortimer, Jr., of Mortimer
Funeral Homes, donated the burial plot and vault for the local blues singer in
the newly named “Legends” section of the burial ground. The grave marker was designed by Amos
Harvey and engraved by Alan Orlicek.
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