Ms. Mary Shaw Ford Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Ms. Mary S. Ford, 93, of Columbia, SC passed away Friday, April 12, 2019. She was a daughter of Mr. James and Lula Whittaker Shaw. Services will be held Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 11 A M at Adams Northeast AME Church, 409 Longtown Road with interment in the Promised Land Cemetery. Mrs. Mary Aleatha Shaw Ford was born December 7, 1925 to the late James and Lula Whittaker Shaw. She attended the public School of Richland County, South Carolina and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School. Mrs. Ford was a licensed practical Nurse who later became a Register Nurse as a result of the education she received from The Good Samaritan Waverly School. Mary did further studies at The University of South Carolina. She had a great sense of humor and was an avid reader of poetry and the newspaper. Mary enjoyed sewing, watching cowboy and Indian movies and was a good cook. Mrs. Ford was an awesome mother who sacrificed for her children’s well being and imparted to them strong work ethics and moral values. She earned her respect and would not tolerate the use of profanity by any person in her presences. Neither did she allow her grown children to smoke cigarettes in her presences. Her sons recall hiding their cigarettes in the trunk of their vehicles when they drove up to her home. She was preceded in death by her parents, siblings and Frances Foster, the second mother to Mary’s children. She is survived by her three sons Billy (Willa Jean) Shaw of Sumter, SC, Donald Rucker of Goodyear, AZ, and Julian Ford, Jr, of Columbia, SC.; two daughters, Gloria (Talmadge) Wilson and Julia Ford both of Columbia. SC. and a host of other relatives and friends who love and will miss her dearly.

Ms. Mary Shaw Ford

December 7, 1925 - April 12, 2019