Bobbie was born August 10, 1930 in Bettie,Texas. She was the daughter of Robert Ford and Dessie Baker. She later moved to Tucson, Arizona where she met and married Louis Hemphill, She worked for a while as a child care provider. She loved to take care of children. She spent a number of years working at a U of A Sorority House before she retired. Bobbie is survived by three daughters; Rennet and husband John, Nettie and Joe, and Annette; sister Wanda Jean of Texas; grandchildren John III, Keith, Richard, and Brittany; and host of Great-Grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Bobbie was preceded in death by Robert Ford, Dessie Skinner, Louis Hemphill Jr. Louis Hemphill Sr. James Ford Elvin Jones, and other family and friends. Bobbie was loved and will be sorely missed.
