DarylFord sonof Shirley FordandDouglas Ellis was bornon November 11, 1956 inBaltimore, Maryland.HedepartedonDecember24, 2019afterandlengthy illness.

HereceivedhiseducationatCity HighSchool.

Darylwasemployed by the BaltimoreDepartment of Educationat Carver High for many years.He waslovedbyallthe studentsand teachersat Carver.He wasknown byallhis student asMr.Fordwho they all loved andcherished.

Darylwasa sportsfan. Twoofhisfavoriteteams wereMaryland and Georgetown basketballteams.

Daryl had numerous friends wherever he wentandwillbe sincerely missed by everyonewhoknewhim. He wasalways a truefriend and devoted familyman.

He wasprecededindeath byhismother,Shirley Ford;father, Douglas Ellisandbrother, KeithFord.

He issurvived byhis wife,Valerie Ford; one brother, VincentFields;one sister, JuelStreeter; threesons,Darryl Ford, DominicFord and Imani Lane; onedaughter,Juel Ford;three grandsons, DominicFord Jr., Ma'Kai De'ShieldsandJulian Briceandone granddaughter, AaliyahFord;and manycousinsandotherfamily.