Mrs. Mary Frances Ford Lockridge, age 72, of Piedmont, Alabama passed away Monday, January 19, 2009 at Jacksonville Medical Center in Jacksonville, Alabama. Lockridge was employed by JSU and was a member of Piedmont Holiness Church.

Family survivors include husband, Floyd Lockridge; Daughters, Mary Ann Smith of Atlanta, GA and Joyce Fagan of Piedmont, AL; Sons and Daughters-in-law, Larry and Sherry Lockridge of Kentucky and Jackie and Felicia Lockridge of Piedmont, AL. Sixteen grandchildren, twenty-one great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild also survive.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday, January 21, 2009, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the Folsom Funeral Home.

The funeral service for Mrs. Mary Frances will be conducted on Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. at Folsom Mickelsen Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith, Rev. Marshall Dye, and Rev. Jerry Garrett officiating. Interment will follow in Piedmont Memory Gardens in Piedmont, AL.

Arrangements are being handled by Folsom Funeral Home, 212 Memorial Drive, Piedmont, Alabama.

The Olin L. Gammage and Sons Funeral Home is making this announcement on behalf of the family of Mary Frances Ford Lockridge.