Willie Mae Ford (1902-1980), age 77 [sic] years, a Vancleave native and resident of 606 1/2 Bellman Street, Biloxi, Mississippi, died on Wednesday, November 19, 1980 at Driftwood Nursing Home at Gulfport, Mississippi.
Mrs. Ford was a retired cook at St. Michael's Catholic School; she was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church; Heroines of Jericho; and daughters of I.B.P.O.E.O.W. No. 471.
Willie Mae was survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ruby Jones and Mrs. Laura Washington, both of Biloxi; a son, Rudolph Burney of Fayetteville, North Carolina; Creo Reid, a brother at Biloxi; seven grandchildren: and 11 great-grandchildren;
three stepdaughters, Mrs. Esther May Lowe of Chicago, Mrs. Emma Austin and Mrs. Mildred Smith, both of Biloxi; two stepsons, James Ford of Springfield, Illinois and Willie Pope of Biloxi; 26 step grandchildren; and 48 step-great-grandchildren.
McDaniel-Richmond Funeral Home of Biloxi was in charge of funeral arrangements and services. After services at the New Bethel Baptist Church internment was in the Biloxi Cemetery.
REFERENCES:
The Sun Herald, 'Mrs. Willie Mae Ford', Novemebr 21, 1980, p. A2.
Mrs. Ford was a retired cook at St. Michael's Catholic School; she was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church; Heroines of Jericho; and daughters of I.B.P.O.E.O.W. No. 471.
Willie Mae was survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ruby Jones and Mrs. Laura Washington, both of Biloxi; a son, Rudolph Burney of Fayetteville, North Carolina; Creo Reid, a brother at Biloxi; seven grandchildren: and 11 great-grandchildren;
three stepdaughters, Mrs. Esther May Lowe of Chicago, Mrs. Emma Austin and Mrs. Mildred Smith, both of Biloxi; two stepsons, James Ford of Springfield, Illinois and Willie Pope of Biloxi; 26 step grandchildren; and 48 step-great-grandchildren.
McDaniel-Richmond Funeral Home of Biloxi was in charge of funeral arrangements and services. After services at the New Bethel Baptist Church internment was in the Biloxi Cemetery.
REFERENCES:
The Sun Herald, 'Mrs. Willie Mae Ford', Novemebr 21, 1980, p. A2.
Willie Mae Ford (1902-1980), age 77 [sic] years, a Vancleave native and resident of 606 1/2 Bellman Street, Biloxi, Mississippi, died on Wednesday, November 19, 1980 at Driftwood Nursing Home at Gulfport, Mississippi.
Mrs. Ford was a retired cook at St. Michael's Catholic School; she was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church; Heroines of Jericho; and daughters of I.B.P.O.E.O.W. No. 471.
Willie Mae was survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ruby Jones and Mrs. Laura Washington, both of Biloxi; a son, Rudolph Burney of Fayetteville, North Carolina; Creo Reid, a brother at Biloxi; seven grandchildren: and 11 great-grandchildren;
three stepdaughters, Mrs. Esther May Lowe of Chicago, Mrs. Emma Austin and Mrs. Mildred Smith, both of Biloxi; two stepsons, James Ford of Springfield, Illinois and Willie Pope of Biloxi; 26 step grandchildren; and 48 step-great-grandchildren.
McDaniel-Richmond Funeral Home of Biloxi was in charge of funeral arrangements and services. After services at the New Bethel Baptist Church internment was in the Biloxi Cemetery.
REFERENCES:
The Sun Herald, 'Mrs. Willie Mae Ford', Novemebr 21, 1980, p. A2.
Mrs. Ford was a retired cook at St. Michael's Catholic School; she was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church; Heroines of Jericho; and daughters of I.B.P.O.E.O.W. No. 471.
Willie Mae was survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ruby Jones and Mrs. Laura Washington, both of Biloxi; a son, Rudolph Burney of Fayetteville, North Carolina; Creo Reid, a brother at Biloxi; seven grandchildren: and 11 great-grandchildren;
three stepdaughters, Mrs. Esther May Lowe of Chicago, Mrs. Emma Austin and Mrs. Mildred Smith, both of Biloxi; two stepsons, James Ford of Springfield, Illinois and Willie Pope of Biloxi; 26 step grandchildren; and 48 step-great-grandchildren.
McDaniel-Richmond Funeral Home of Biloxi was in charge of funeral arrangements and services. After services at the New Bethel Baptist Church internment was in the Biloxi Cemetery.
REFERENCES:
The Sun Herald, 'Mrs. Willie Mae Ford', Novemebr 21, 1980, p. A2.
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