Artist Info: Willie Ford

Willie Mae Ford (June 23, 1904 – February 2, 1994), also known as Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith, was an American gospel singer.
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Born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi on 23 June 1904, she moved to Memphis, Tennessee as a child. She moved to St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 12. Raised in the Baptist church, she began singing with her sisters, Mary, Geneva, Lucille, and Emma, in a family group known as "The Ford Sisters". [read more...]