Mrs. Corine Ford Winfrey was born on August 14, 1918, to the late Calvin Ford and Cora Lee at Geneill Hospital in Greenville, MS. She departed this life on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at approximately 3:30 P.M. at Bolivar Medical Center in Cleveland, MS. She was a resident of the Long Term Care Facility. She attended Geneill School in Washington County. Corine was united in holy matrimony to the late Edward Birl Winfrey on June 7, 1954. Three brothers and her parents preceded her in death. She was baptized during her early childhood and was a member of the Cleveland First Seventy Day Adventist Church under the current leadership of Pastor Johnathan B. Fields. She was a faithful member until her health failed her.