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Born into the Jim Crow south in the period just after WWII, Cora is the ninth of fourteen children of a share-cropping family in north-central Mississippi… another mouth to feed, but also another-hand-in-the-fields… The Brown vs. Topeka decision which promised equal access to public education when she was 7 years old would not impact her community or her separate and unequal status…her intelligence and natural curiosity would be tolerated, seldom nurtured but remain persistent throughout childhood and adult life…creative energy has found outlets in varied pursuits and still finds a restless discharge in professional and hobby pursuits (teacher , minister, speech pathologist, caterer, seamstress, endless shopper, fisherman…explored mortuary science and realtor practice ) …her entrepreneurial spirit and ‘let’s do it’ attitude comes through whether in social ministry (soup kitchen) or envisioning publication of her life story…Cora has remained true to her own pursuit of life/liberty/happiness…and in that pursuit has contributed to the consternation, confusion, dismay, but often enough, the joy, of many others… She currently resides in Grenada, Mississippi with her husband Steve Ingram… she has two adult sons: J. Corey and Steven Ford residents of San Diego, California and Atlanta, GA. Cora also has two grandsons: Antonio Lipsey of Pontotoc, MS and Kyle Bentley Jaquez Ford, Atlanta, GA.