Dugless Henry ‘Buster’ Ford

Dugless Henry “Buster” Ford, 93 of Wichita Falls,
Texas died on Thursday, March 5, 2026, at Hospice of
Wichita Falls in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Funeral services was held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, March 10,
2026, at First Baptist Church in Chillicothe, Texas with
Rev. Clay Carter officiating. Burial followed at Chillicothe
Cemetery under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home.
Buster was born Tuesday, Oct. 11, 1932, in Terral,
Oklahoma. He was the son of the late Douglas Burt Ford
and the late Mell Rose Lewis Ford. He married Reta Sitz
on July 10, 1954, in Vernon, Texas. He owned numerous
rent houses in Chillicothe. He was a former member of the
Chillicothe Cemetery Board and opened and closed all the graves at Chillicothe
Cemetery for over fifty years. For thirty-five years Buster worked for Wards
Furniture and Funeral Home in Chillicothe, and for twenty-eight years he was a
member of the Vernon Travelers Square Dance Club.
Buster is survived by his wife, Reta Ford of the home, his three children, Dee
Wayne Ford of Chillicothe, Texas, Carla Gayle Jones of Wichita Falls, Texas and
Lora Lee Taylor of Weatherford, Texas. Buster also leaves behind three
grandchildren, Kaycie Ford, Halie Taylor and Rachel Hallman and three greatgrandchildren, Maddox, Grayson and Aeson.
Visitation was from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m., Monday, March 9, 2026, at Sullivan
Funeral Home in Vernon, Texas.
Memorials may be made to the Chillicothe Cemetery Association.
Online condolences may be made to the family at www.
sullivanfuneralhomevernon.com.