Irene Elaine Ford

Background

Ford, Irene Elaine was born on October 6, 1927 in West Union, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Clurel Cecil Powell and Lillian Violet Gaskins.

Education

Student, Northern Community College, Weirton, West Virginia. Student, West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1984—1987. Student, Duke Divinity, 1984—1989.

Career

Pastor Bristol Charge United Methodist Church, Bristol, West Virginia, 1983—1989, pastor Christ-Owings Charge Shinnston, 1989—1994, associate, 1992. Pastor Graysville-Washington Lands United Methodist Church, Moundsville, West Virginia, 1994—1996, Nessly Chapel United Methodist Church, New Cumberland, 1997—2007. Parish coordinator United Methodist Church, Bristol, West Virginia, 1986—1989, Shinnston, West Virginia, 1989—1994.

President, vice president WHG district United Methodist Women, 1980. Council member Race Track Chaplaincy American/Mountaineer Race Track, since 2005.

Achievements

• Irene Elaine Ford has been listed as a noteworthy pastor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President West Virginia Congress Parent Teacher Organization, 1975—1977. School board member Hancock County, 1979—1984. Member of West Virginia Annual Conference (associate.

Connections

Married Claudius Arnold Ford, January 24, 1946 (deceased October 20, 1997). Children: Richard Freeman, Michael Leroy.

Father:

Clurel Cecil Powell

Mother:

Lillian Violet Gaskins

Spouse:

Claudius Arnold Ford

child:

Richard Freeman Ford

child:

Michael Leroy Ford