Velma Jingle Jean Ford-Calloway

SHE WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 22, 1947 IN CHARLESTON, WV AND SHE RESIDED IN ROSAMOND, CA WITH HER SON STEPHEN M. FORD. SHE WAS FORMERLY A RESIDENT OF COLUMBUS, OH AND CHESAPEAKE, WV.

“JINGLE” GRADUATED FROM WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGE, INSTITUTE, WV, AND EAST BANK HIGH SCHOOL, EAST BANK, WV, CLASS OF 1965.

SHE WAS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER AT CHESAPEAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CHESAPEAKE, WV, AND PIEDMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN CHARLESTON, WV; SOCIAL WORKER/SOCIAL SERVICES DEPT., CHARLESTON, WV AND RETIRED AS A WEIGH MASTER FROM CARBIDE/DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV. SHE ATTENDED BETHLEHEM BAPTIST MISSIONARY CHURCH, CHARLESTON. SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE LOST SOULS MOTORCYCLE CLUB, RAND, AND WAS RETIRED PRESIDENT OF DEJA-VU SOCIAL CLUB, CHARLESTON.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER MOTHER, BETTY LEE FORD BELL, SISTER, COLINDA M. FORD SCOTT AND GRANDSON, JOHNATHON LEE FORD.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING SON, STEPHEN M. FORD, OF ROSAMOND, CA AND LOVING DAUGHTER, SANDRA M. FORD OF COLUMBUS, OH;

TWO SISTERS, BEVERLEY A. WILSON, COLUMBUS OH; DANITA G. STINSON (DARRELL), FORT LAWN, SC; SEVEN BROTHERS, PASTOR GEORGE M. FORD (BARBARA) FARMINGTON, NM; REV RONALD L. FORD (FLORENCE) CHARLESTON WV; JOHN W. FORD; S. TERRY FORD; ERIC G. FORD ALL OF CHARLESTON, WV; BISHOP GORDON D. FORD (MARY) CROSS LANES, WV; DAVID E. FORD, CHARLESTON, WV; 6 GRANDCHILDREN; 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND A HOST OF NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

SERVICE WILL HELD TODAY AT 1:00 P.M. AT JOSHUA MEMORIAL PARK MORTUARY WITH BISHOP GORDON D. FORD AND PASTOR GEORGE M. FORD OFFICIATING.

FRIENDS MAY CALL TWO HOURS PRIOR TO THE SERVICE AT THE MORTUARY.

ONLINE CONDOLENCES MAY BE EXPRESSED TO THE FAMILY AT www.joshuamortuary.com