Mary Earline “Miss Earline” FORD

1936 - 2025  (89 years)

• Name	Mary Earline “Miss Earline” FORD  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Birth	16 Oct 1936	Manning, Clarendon County, South Carolina
  Gender	Female
  HIST	of Sumter, South Carolina MARY EARLINE FORD CROMER Posted Tuesday, October 28, 2025 11:52 am Mary Earline Ford Cromer, “Miss Earline”, 89, wife of William Lawrence Cromer Jr. of 64 years, passed away Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, peacefully at her home with her family by her side. Born Oct. 16, 1936, in Manning, she was a daughter of the late George Herbert Ford and Mary Bochette Ford. She was a longtime member of Grace Baptist Church and retired from Sumter Pediatrics after more than 50 years of service. Earline was a devoted and serving wife, mother and “Nannie”. She lived a life of love and service unto her family, friends, her Sumter Pediatrics family and her community. Most important, she lived a life in service to the Lord, Jesus Christ, as her Savior. Proverbs 31:28. Survivors include her husband, W.L.; two sons, William L. “Larry” Cromer III (Debbie) and Patrick L. Cromer (Melissa); four grandchildren, Justin Cromer (Caroline), Austin Cromer (Megan), Sarah McClam and Lindsay Windham (Chad); a great-grandson, Greyson Cromer; five other great-grandchildren; and a brother, Robert Ford. She was preceded in death by siblings, Jacqueline “Jackie” Ardis, Darkis Powers, Clinton Ford, Burtell Ford, Rosco Ford, Joyce Glasscock, Betty Joe Davis, Patricia Boykin. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, at Sumter First Church of God, 1835 Camden Hwy., with the Rev. Ron Bower officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Larry Cromer, Patrick Cromer, Justin Cromer, Austin Cromer, Perron Cromer and Ansel Owens. Honorary pallbearers will be Britt Ford, David Ardis, Michael Ardis, Jeff Ardis, Brent Boykin, Marion Glasscock, Jeremy Woodham and John Thomas Woodham III. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, at Sumter First Church of God. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Sumter First Church of God Children’s Ministry or Youth Ministry, 1835 Camden Hwy., Sumter. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10]
  _UID	A8F78431D7AE4BAA814D6A3D221506A92970
  Death	27 Oct 2025	at her home, (Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina)
  Burial	2 Nov 2025	Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, 802 N. Guignard Drive, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [10]
  	Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home & Crematorium, Sumter, South Carolina
  Person ID	I169586	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	George Herbert FORD,   b. 20 Oct 1900, Robeson County, North Carolina d. 7 Mar 1970, Tuomey Hospital, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Mary C. BOCHETTE,   b. 1 Feb 1910, Summerton, Clarendon County, South Carolina d. 13 Aug 2004, at her home (Age 94 years)
  _UID	DF8A5688778C4E688103A97EED3B00BF929B
  _UID	DF8A5688778C4E688103A97EED3B00BF929B
  Family ID	F115544	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F115550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 May 2022

  
  

• Sources

  [S6148] Patricia F. Boykin. [S9011] . [S9767] Mary Bochette Ford. [S12064] Betty Jo W. Davis. [S12530] H. Roscoe Ford Sr. [S24104] Joyce F. Glasscock. [S28087] Jacqueline F. Ardis. [S29880] . [S26728] Jerry E. Cromer St. [S32958] Mary Earline Ford Cromer.