Jerry Ford, 93, loved golf, puzzles and tending her garden
May 16, 2024
Jerry B. Ford of Myrtle Beach died March 8 at NHC Healthcare. She was 93.
She was born Aug. 16, 1930, in Lexington, N.C., the daughter of Rufus Homer and Edith Hill Tysinger. She spent her early years in Lexington and in Athens, Ga., where she attended school as well as business school.
After marrying, she and her husband, Max, moved to Society Hill, where they purchased and restored an old plantation home, Japonica Hall, which is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In 1977 they moved to Myrtle Beach where they purchased and operated the Admiral Motor Inn and in later years the Dunes and the Sun and Sand motels.
After Max’s death she married Jim Ford and moved to Pawleys Plantation where they socialized and were avid golfers.
Mrs. Ford was a member of the Pawleys Plantation women’s golf league. She loved her fish pond, working puzzles and working in the yard, especially with her flowers. She also loved her cat, Savannah.
She is survived by her son Sandy Bunting (Sara) of Myrtle Beach; her grandchildren, Jamie Johnson (Johnny), Jenny Chestnut (Adam) and Shawn Mishoe (Jen); five great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; her sister, Dana Collins (Charles) of Raleigh; and many nieces and nephews.
Her brother, Rober Homer Tysinger, and another sister, Beatrice Joan Reimsnider, died before her.
A graveside service will be held at 4 p.m. today at Hillcrest Cemetery in Conway. The family will receive friends today at Goldfinch Funeral Home Beach Chapel in Murrells Inlet from 1 to 3 p.m.
Memorials may be made to All 4 Paws Animal Center at all4pawssc.org.
