Angela Turner-Ford
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Angela Turner-Ford | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 16th district | |
| Assumed office January 23, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Bennie Turner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 2, 1971 |
| Party | Democratic |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Hampton University (BA) University of Mississippi School of Law (JD) |
Angela Turner-Ford (born July 2, 1971) is an American politician who has served in the Mississippi State Senate from the 16th district since 2013.
She graduated from Hampton University and the University of Mississippi School of Law. She served as city prosecutor for West Point, Mississippi, and county prosecutor for Clay County, Mississippi. She was elected to the State Senate in a special election after the incumbent senator Bennie Turner, who was Turner-Ford's father, died.
Turner-Ford works as an attorney and as the board attorney for the Clay County Board of Supervisors; she is the first Black woman to be appointed by the board to the position.
Turner-Ford was born on July 2, 1971, in Columbus, Mississippi.[1] Her father was state senator Bennie Turner.[2]
She attended Mississippi State University and Howard University before eventually graduating from Hampton University with a bachelor's degree in biology.[3] She earned a certificate in medical technology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.[3] She graduated with a Juris Doctor in 2000 from the University of Mississippi School of Law.[3] Upon graduation, she joined her father's law firm and works as an attorney.[3][4]