Colin.. I am a bit confused because the Judy Ford book I am familiar with was written by her son Greg. Maybe there is another book that I am not aware of. And the statement that Jim's plane crashed in a field in Alabama is a glaring mistake as you so correctly pointed out. Wow, never heard that one before !!

I did a quick index check of Larry's book "Jim Reeves..His Untold story" and found that Judy Ford and her connection to Jim, appeared on 22 different pages starting on page 123 and ending on page 657. The most interesting of course has to be the one on page 395 that mentions the birth of Gregory in June 1962. Judy Ford maintained for the rest of her life that Jim was the father. Greg in later years had his last name changed to Reeves, having the same conviction.

Seems that indeed Judy Ford was a 'player' in Jim's world, maybe not a major one but one non the less.