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Willie Mae Ford Smith (June 23, 1904 – February 2, 1994) was an American musician and Christian evangelist instrumental in the development and spread of gospel music in the United States. She grew up singing with her family, joining a quartet with her sisters.
Willie Mae Ford Smith was born in 1906 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, a little town between Vicksburg and Greenville in the central Mississippi Delta. She was the seventh child in a family of 14.
Feb 3, 1994 · Willie Mae Ford Smith, a pioneering gospel singer, died on Wednesday at the Tower Village Nursing Home in St. Louis. She was 89. The cause was congestive heart failure, said Anthony...
Sep 12, 2019 · A rare interview with St. Louis legend Willie Mae Ford Smith, recorded in 1973 and now heard for the first time. She helped shape gospel music, schooled its next singers, and mothered us all.
Legendary African-American gospel singer who was featured in the documentary Say Amen, Somebody. Name variations: Mother Smith. Born in Rolling Fort, Mississippi, on June 23, 1904 (some sources cite 1906); died in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1994; daughter of Clarence Ford (a railroad brakeman) and Mary (Williams) Ford (a restaurant owner ...
Born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, on 23 June 1904, Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith was one of the most popular and imitated gospel singers in the twentieth century. Her deep contralto and divine onstage splendor influenced such singers as Mahalia Jackson and Brother Joe May. Willie Mae Ford was the seventh of fourteen children born […]
Feb 25, 2020 · Nierenberg's other main character was Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith, one of gospel's pioneering female ministers and performers, and a mentor to younger singers.
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