Wilma Ford Willis-Muhammad

Wilma Willis-Muhammad

HOLLY SPRINGS - Wilma Ford Willis-Muhammad, 66, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001, at her home in Holly Springs.She was a retired educator with the Holly Springs Public School System and a past member of the Democratic Executive Committee.She was a former member of Pleasant Grove M.B. Church and the church choir and a Sunday School teacher.She was a member of the Marshall County United League and a former member of Anderson Chapel CME Church.She was a former Girl Scout Troop leader, a member of the Retired Teachers Association of Marshall County, an alumni of Rust College and a member of the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion.She was active in civil rights under her brother, the late Alfred "Skip" Robinson (Abdul Aziz Muhammad), and a member of Nation of Islam, Mosque No. 78.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Rust College, Doxey Auditorium in Holly Springs.Burial will be in the Hillcrest Cemetery.J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home of Holly Springs is in charge of the arrangements.

Survivors include her husband, Johnny Willis of Holly Springs; two daughters, Tammy Ford Falkner of Olive Branch and Kimberly Noel Ford of Chicago, Ill.; six sisters, Willana Bridgeforth, Elizabeth Culberson, Shelby Jean Muhammad and Vannette Muhammad, all of Chicago, Armelda Bates of Rockford, Ill., and Bruentta Moore of Red Banks; four brothers, James Robinson of Red Banks, Charles Robinson of Kansas City, Mo., Othello Robinson of Holly Springs and Hubert Robinson of Chicago.