Former Kentucky Senator and Governor Wendell Ford will lie in state Sunday at the Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort, followed by a funeral service and interment in Owensboro Tuesday.
Ford passed away early Thursday morning at the age of 90. He had been receiving treatment for lung.
The public is invited to the Capitol Sunday, where the Daviess County native will lie in state from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. eastern time.
A memorial service is scheduled that day for 3 p.m.
A funeral service is being held at 11 a.m. central time Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Owensboro. Visitation will be at Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory in Owensboro from 2 to 7 p.m. Monday and after 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church.
A private ceremony of committal will be held at Elmwood Cemetery.
The Senator’s family asks that expressions of sympathy be made in the form of gifts to the Wendell H. Ford Government Education Center in Owensboro, or to a charity of the donor’s choice.
