Autumn Ford Jennings

Autumn Ford Jennings, 32, died March 27, 2012, at the UT Medical Center in Knoxville TN of complications after childbirth. She was preceded in death by her father Larry Ford. She is survived by Will Jennings, her loving husband for nine years and world-travelling companion, and her two daughters, Aurora Whitley Jennings (Rory) and new-born Ariana Lydia (Aly) Jennings. Other survivors include her mother, Pam Ford, of Roanoke, VA; two brothers: Boyd Ford and his wife Penelope, of New Orleans, LA; and Scott Ford, his wife Stephanie, and their daughters Andrea, Victoria, and Carrie of Columbia, SC; and in-laws Ben and Merry Jennings of Abingdon, VA. Autumn was born in Greenville, SC and graduated from Salem VA High School where she was the valedictorian. She was an honors graduate of the University of South Carolina in 2001where she was active in Alpha Phi Omega and the PALM Campus Ministry. She recently received an M.A. in ESL Instruction and an Ed.S. in Educational Administration from the University of Tennessee. She taught in the Hamblen County TN public schools, where she took great pride in her job as an English as a Second Language teacher at Meadowview Middle School. S...[more]

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