BIOGRAPHY

Susie Ford was born Susie Mae Williamson in Watkins (likely present-day Ewing, Boone County), Arkansas, United States, on 24 December 1907.

She was the daughter of Willis Williamson and Virginia Bryant and had three brothers. She never completed her formal education but began sewing at the age of 14, learning by watching her mother sew for others. She continued sewing until October 2017.

She married Henry White Sr. and had five children with him. After their eventual divorce, she remarried Private First Class Jack Ford, with whom she had one son, Jack Jr. In 1942, she moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where she became an Evangelist and a longtime member of Barker Temple Church of God in Christ. Her second husband passed away in 1981.

Susie Ford passed away on 31 August 2020, at the Redwood of Kansas City South nursing home in Kansas City, Missouri, at the age of 112 years and 251 days. She was survived by two daughters, Evelyn Hubert and Annette White; one son, Jack Ford Jr.; one adopted daughter, Minister Dana Boykin; along with 13 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren, 74 great-great-grandchildren, and seven great-great-great-grandchildren.

RECOGNITION

Her age was validated by LongeviQuest on 28 February 2023.

ATTRIBUTION

* Obituary information for Mother Susie Mae Ford – Marcom-Harvey Funeral Care

GALLERY