Mother, friend, woman.
Jody Ford was born... Sidney McFerrin Ford Jr to Sidney McFerrin Ford and his wife Edith Margaret Smith in Nashville, Tennessee.
Jody Susan Ford was born male as Sidney McFerrin Ford Jr to Sidney McFerrin Ford and his wife Edith Margaret Smith in Nashville, Tennessee. Ford attended Duncan College Preparatory in Nashville, Tennessee, played baseball and basketball, and later went on to play semi-professional football.
Ford earned a business degree at Tulane University in New Orleans. She moved from Louisiana to Birmingham in 1965, married a woman named Wanda and opened Mr Sid's Coiffures at 1004 20th Street South in Five Points South in 1968. She was known as a talented, and if one wanted to look beautiful or handsome then she was the best in town. Reputedly, she was fought over by clients to have their hair styled only by her. She was often seen around town driving her yellow Cadillac.
Between 1972 and 1974 Ford underwent gender affirming surgery at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She changed the sign at her salon to read "Ms Sid's" and began to be referred to as a woman. She said in an interview that she long had wanted to be a woman, and had been arrested numerous times for dressing as one. Jody challenged the Birmingham ordinance aginst cross-dressing and helped legalize it there. She was a long-time acquaintance of DRAG, was a regular on the Lee G. Brewster annual tour to Mardi Gras, and was featured in several photo layouts in magazines.
She later reunited with her child. In 1977, she tragically lost her life in senseless gun violence.
Thanks to PDM for the bio
Jody was courageous to open her life to her true identity as a woman. She attended Duncan College Preparatory in Nashville, Tennessee where she played Baseball, basketball and later went on to play football.
She married and had one child. Then she had to take her own path.
Later in life she was a good business person in her beauty salon in South Side, Birmingham, Alabama. If one wanted to look beautiful or handsome then Ms Sid, or Jody was the best in town. She was fought over by clients to have their hair styled only by her. I was one of those people whose face and look was transformed by Jody.
She reunited with her child and then tragically lost her life in senseless gun violence.
A good friend. CLKJ
From archive.org
"...Transsexual Dies After Shooting; Hairdresser Operated Ms. Sid's
BIRMINGHAM — A motel operator was charged with first degree murder in the shotgun slaying of a 6'5' ' hairdresser who had undergone a sex change from man to woman.
Jody Susan Ford, 41 , formerly Sidney Ford, was shot in the chest in front of a motel in suburban Vestavia Hills.
Lt. Joe Stewart of Vestavia Hills said Larry Maddox, 26, the motel owner, and son of the man who owns the franchise, was placed in the Jefferson County Jail without bond.
"The best we've been able to determine thus far is that the shooting resulted from a dispute,'' Stewart said, but he declined to give the nature of the trouble.
Ford, a hairdresser, operated "Mr. SID's'' until his operation in 1973 and then he changed the name to "Ms. SID's.'' He also changed his name to Jody Susan Ford.
He had said in an interview that he long had wanted to be a woman and had been arrested numerous times for dressing as one. Jody challenged the Birmingham ordinance and helped legalize cross-dressing in that city.
Ford, a native of Nashville, had played basketball at David Lipscomb College, and later played semi-pro football.
Jody Ford was a long-time acquaintance of DRAG. She had been a regular on the Lee G. Brewster annual tour to Mardi Gras, and has been featured in several photo layouts..."
Here we have three shares of stories about Jody.
I worked at Elmwood Cemetery for several years and besides being Jody's client, I was on duty when her son came in to make the buried arrangements. I also took the burial order and the the order for the marker and niche. I also stood by for her placement with us.
I went by the place where she was shot and there in the parking lot, I remembered the lady - A hellava woman.
Jody Ford was born... Sidney McFerrin Ford Jr to Sidney McFerrin Ford and his wife Edith Margaret Smith in Nashville, Tennessee.
Jody Susan Ford was born male as Sidney McFerrin Ford Jr to Sidney McFerrin Ford and his wife Edith Margaret Smith in Nashville, Tennessee. Ford attended Duncan College Preparatory in Nashville, Tennessee, played baseball and basketball, and later went on to play semi-professional football.
Ford earned a business degree at Tulane University in New Orleans. She moved from Louisiana to Birmingham in 1965, married a woman named Wanda and opened Mr Sid's Coiffures at 1004 20th Street South in Five Points South in 1968. She was known as a talented, and if one wanted to look beautiful or handsome then she was the best in town. Reputedly, she was fought over by clients to have their hair styled only by her. She was often seen around town driving her yellow Cadillac.
Between 1972 and 1974 Ford underwent gender affirming surgery at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She changed the sign at her salon to read "Ms Sid's" and began to be referred to as a woman. She said in an interview that she long had wanted to be a woman, and had been arrested numerous times for dressing as one. Jody challenged the Birmingham ordinance aginst cross-dressing and helped legalize it there. She was a long-time acquaintance of DRAG, was a regular on the Lee G. Brewster annual tour to Mardi Gras, and was featured in several photo layouts in magazines.
She later reunited with her child. In 1977, she tragically lost her life in senseless gun violence.
Thanks to PDM for the bio
Jody was courageous to open her life to her true identity as a woman. She attended Duncan College Preparatory in Nashville, Tennessee where she played Baseball, basketball and later went on to play football.
She married and had one child. Then she had to take her own path.
Later in life she was a good business person in her beauty salon in South Side, Birmingham, Alabama. If one wanted to look beautiful or handsome then Ms Sid, or Jody was the best in town. She was fought over by clients to have their hair styled only by her. I was one of those people whose face and look was transformed by Jody.
She reunited with her child and then tragically lost her life in senseless gun violence.
A good friend. CLKJ
From archive.org
"...Transsexual Dies After Shooting; Hairdresser Operated Ms. Sid's
BIRMINGHAM — A motel operator was charged with first degree murder in the shotgun slaying of a 6'5' ' hairdresser who had undergone a sex change from man to woman.
Jody Susan Ford, 41 , formerly Sidney Ford, was shot in the chest in front of a motel in suburban Vestavia Hills.
Lt. Joe Stewart of Vestavia Hills said Larry Maddox, 26, the motel owner, and son of the man who owns the franchise, was placed in the Jefferson County Jail without bond.
"The best we've been able to determine thus far is that the shooting resulted from a dispute,'' Stewart said, but he declined to give the nature of the trouble.
Ford, a hairdresser, operated "Mr. SID's'' until his operation in 1973 and then he changed the name to "Ms. SID's.'' He also changed his name to Jody Susan Ford.
He had said in an interview that he long had wanted to be a woman and had been arrested numerous times for dressing as one. Jody challenged the Birmingham ordinance and helped legalize cross-dressing in that city.
Ford, a native of Nashville, had played basketball at David Lipscomb College, and later played semi-pro football.
Jody Ford was a long-time acquaintance of DRAG. She had been a regular on the Lee G. Brewster annual tour to Mardi Gras, and has been featured in several photo layouts..."
Here we have three shares of stories about Jody.
I worked at Elmwood Cemetery for several years and besides being Jody's client, I was on duty when her son came in to make the buried arrangements. I also took the burial order and the the order for the marker and niche. I also stood by for her placement with us.
I went by the place where she was shot and there in the parking lot, I remembered the lady - A hellava woman.
Mother, friend, woman.
Jody Ford was born... Sidney McFerrin Ford Jr to Sidney McFerrin Ford and his wife Edith Margaret Smith in Nashville, Tennessee.
Jody Susan Ford was born male as Sidney McFerrin Ford Jr to Sidney McFerrin Ford and his wife Edith Margaret Smith in Nashville, Tennessee. Ford attended Duncan College Preparatory in Nashville, Tennessee, played baseball and basketball, and later went on to play semi-professional football.
Ford earned a business degree at Tulane University in New Orleans. She moved from Louisiana to Birmingham in 1965, married a woman named Wanda and opened Mr Sid's Coiffures at 1004 20th Street South in Five Points South in 1968. She was known as a talented, and if one wanted to look beautiful or handsome then she was the best in town. Reputedly, she was fought over by clients to have their hair styled only by her. She was often seen around town driving her yellow Cadillac.
Between 1972 and 1974 Ford underwent gender affirming surgery at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She changed the sign at her salon to read "Ms Sid's" and began to be referred to as a woman. She said in an interview that she long had wanted to be a woman, and had been arrested numerous times for dressing as one. Jody challenged the Birmingham ordinance aginst cross-dressing and helped legalize it there. She was a long-time acquaintance of DRAG, was a regular on the Lee G. Brewster annual tour to Mardi Gras, and was featured in several photo layouts in magazines.
She later reunited with her child. In 1977, she tragically lost her life in senseless gun violence.
Thanks to PDM for the bio
Jody was courageous to open her life to her true identity as a woman. She attended Duncan College Preparatory in Nashville, Tennessee where she played Baseball, basketball and later went on to play football.
She married and had one child. Then she had to take her own path.
Later in life she was a good business person in her beauty salon in South Side, Birmingham, Alabama. If one wanted to look beautiful or handsome then Ms Sid, or Jody was the best in town. She was fought over by clients to have their hair styled only by her. I was one of those people whose face and look was transformed by Jody.
She reunited with her child and then tragically lost her life in senseless gun violence.
A good friend. CLKJ
From archive.org
"...Transsexual Dies After Shooting; Hairdresser Operated Ms. Sid's
BIRMINGHAM — A motel operator was charged with first degree murder in the shotgun slaying of a 6'5' ' hairdresser who had undergone a sex change from man to woman.
Jody Susan Ford, 41 , formerly Sidney Ford, was shot in the chest in front of a motel in suburban Vestavia Hills.
Lt. Joe Stewart of Vestavia Hills said Larry Maddox, 26, the motel owner, and son of the man who owns the franchise, was placed in the Jefferson County Jail without bond.
"The best we've been able to determine thus far is that the shooting resulted from a dispute,'' Stewart said, but he declined to give the nature of the trouble.
Ford, a hairdresser, operated "Mr. SID's'' until his operation in 1973 and then he changed the name to "Ms. SID's.'' He also changed his name to Jody Susan Ford.
He had said in an interview that he long had wanted to be a woman and had been arrested numerous times for dressing as one. Jody challenged the Birmingham ordinance and helped legalize cross-dressing in that city.
Ford, a native of Nashville, had played basketball at David Lipscomb College, and later played semi-pro football.
Jody Ford was a long-time acquaintance of DRAG. She had been a regular on the Lee G. Brewster annual tour to Mardi Gras, and has been featured in several photo layouts..."
Here we have three shares of stories about Jody.
I worked at Elmwood Cemetery for several years and besides being Jody's client, I was on duty when her son came in to make the buried arrangements. I also took the burial order and the the order for the marker and niche. I also stood by for her placement with us.
I went by the place where she was shot and there in the parking lot, I remembered the lady - A hellava woman.
Jody Ford was born... Sidney McFerrin Ford Jr to Sidney McFerrin Ford and his wife Edith Margaret Smith in Nashville, Tennessee.
Jody Susan Ford was born male as Sidney McFerrin Ford Jr to Sidney McFerrin Ford and his wife Edith Margaret Smith in Nashville, Tennessee. Ford attended Duncan College Preparatory in Nashville, Tennessee, played baseball and basketball, and later went on to play semi-professional football.
Ford earned a business degree at Tulane University in New Orleans. She moved from Louisiana to Birmingham in 1965, married a woman named Wanda and opened Mr Sid's Coiffures at 1004 20th Street South in Five Points South in 1968. She was known as a talented, and if one wanted to look beautiful or handsome then she was the best in town. Reputedly, she was fought over by clients to have their hair styled only by her. She was often seen around town driving her yellow Cadillac.
Between 1972 and 1974 Ford underwent gender affirming surgery at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She changed the sign at her salon to read "Ms Sid's" and began to be referred to as a woman. She said in an interview that she long had wanted to be a woman, and had been arrested numerous times for dressing as one. Jody challenged the Birmingham ordinance aginst cross-dressing and helped legalize it there. She was a long-time acquaintance of DRAG, was a regular on the Lee G. Brewster annual tour to Mardi Gras, and was featured in several photo layouts in magazines.
She later reunited with her child. In 1977, she tragically lost her life in senseless gun violence.
Thanks to PDM for the bio
Jody was courageous to open her life to her true identity as a woman. She attended Duncan College Preparatory in Nashville, Tennessee where she played Baseball, basketball and later went on to play football.
She married and had one child. Then she had to take her own path.
Later in life she was a good business person in her beauty salon in South Side, Birmingham, Alabama. If one wanted to look beautiful or handsome then Ms Sid, or Jody was the best in town. She was fought over by clients to have their hair styled only by her. I was one of those people whose face and look was transformed by Jody.
She reunited with her child and then tragically lost her life in senseless gun violence.
A good friend. CLKJ
From archive.org
"...Transsexual Dies After Shooting; Hairdresser Operated Ms. Sid's
BIRMINGHAM — A motel operator was charged with first degree murder in the shotgun slaying of a 6'5' ' hairdresser who had undergone a sex change from man to woman.
Jody Susan Ford, 41 , formerly Sidney Ford, was shot in the chest in front of a motel in suburban Vestavia Hills.
Lt. Joe Stewart of Vestavia Hills said Larry Maddox, 26, the motel owner, and son of the man who owns the franchise, was placed in the Jefferson County Jail without bond.
"The best we've been able to determine thus far is that the shooting resulted from a dispute,'' Stewart said, but he declined to give the nature of the trouble.
Ford, a hairdresser, operated "Mr. SID's'' until his operation in 1973 and then he changed the name to "Ms. SID's.'' He also changed his name to Jody Susan Ford.
He had said in an interview that he long had wanted to be a woman and had been arrested numerous times for dressing as one. Jody challenged the Birmingham ordinance and helped legalize cross-dressing in that city.
Ford, a native of Nashville, had played basketball at David Lipscomb College, and later played semi-pro football.
Jody Ford was a long-time acquaintance of DRAG. She had been a regular on the Lee G. Brewster annual tour to Mardi Gras, and has been featured in several photo layouts..."
Here we have three shares of stories about Jody.
I worked at Elmwood Cemetery for several years and besides being Jody's client, I was on duty when her son came in to make the buried arrangements. I also took the burial order and the the order for the marker and niche. I also stood by for her placement with us.
I went by the place where she was shot and there in the parking lot, I remembered the lady - A hellava woman.
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