1968
Dr.
2013
Dr. Angela Peterson
July 6, 1968 — December 25, 2013
Dr. Angela M. Peterson-Ford passed away on Christmas Day, 2013. Needless to say, our hearts are forever broken and she will be sorely missed by everyone who knew her. May God bless her soul. The world is a better place by her beautiful presence having passed through it.
Angela was preceded in death by her grandfathers, Warren Milson, Sr. and Henry Peterson, Sr.
Angela leaves a beautiful daughter, Allayna Marie Ford, 14, of Allen, Texas; parents Reverend Frank and Mrs. Elizabeth Peterson of Allen, Texas; sisters, Melissa Yvette, Vantressa Marie, Frankata Jenine, Faniece Joanne; grandmothers, Mary Vivian Milson of Crowley, Louisiana and Rose Rylander-Young of Plaquemine, Louisiana and countless family and friends in her absence.
We will always miss her sweet smile, her gentle way, and the easy feeling she left with everyone who was blessed with her beauty. God and Heaven above has been blessed with a beautiful soul we all here on Earth will long for all our days.
Angela earned a B.S. in biology from St. Mary?s University in San Antonio, Texas, in 1990. Upon completion of that degree, she earned her Master of Science degree at Texas Women?s University (TWU). At TWU, she was elected student representative for the Minority Research Support Program (MRSP) and she mentored junior high and high school girls in an ACES Math Camp.
Angela entered the Doctorate Program at Meharry Medical School, Nashville TN, in the Department of Neurobiology and Neurotoxicology, focusing her attention on Alzheimer?s disease, making this the topic of her doctoral thesis. While at the Meharry Medical School, she received the Pfizer Pharmaceutical Award, and was elected the president of the Graduate Student Association and crowned Miss Graduate Studies. Angela received her Doctorate of Philosophy degree in 2008, graduating Summa Cum Laude.
Angela?s post-doctoral training was completed at the North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Texas, in the field of Neuropharmacology. Her career highlights included authoring numerous published papers and collaboration on published research with teams of scientists in the field of Alzheimer?s disease.
Upon the completion of her Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.) degree in Neuropharmacology, Angela contributed to the education of numerous students across the country, including having served as a professor of Pathophysiology at the Texas A&M Health Science Center, professor of Biology at Collin County College, and professor of Pathophysiology at Midway College in Paintsville, Kentucky.
Her affable nature, big smile, and easy spirit, along with her laser-focused intellectual rigor, made her a fast friend of undergraduates, and a strong academic teammate of her professional colleagues alike. There wasn?t a person she ever knew that wasn?t her student, friend, or admirer. She will be missed by all.
Angela was preceded in death by her grandfathers, Warren Milson, Sr. and Henry Peterson, Sr.
Angela leaves a beautiful daughter, Allayna Marie Ford, 14, of Allen, Texas; parents Reverend Frank and Mrs. Elizabeth Peterson of Allen, Texas; sisters, Melissa Yvette, Vantressa Marie, Frankata Jenine, Faniece Joanne; grandmothers, Mary Vivian Milson of Crowley, Louisiana and Rose Rylander-Young of Plaquemine, Louisiana and countless family and friends in her absence.
We will always miss her sweet smile, her gentle way, and the easy feeling she left with everyone who was blessed with her beauty. God and Heaven above has been blessed with a beautiful soul we all here on Earth will long for all our days.
Angela earned a B.S. in biology from St. Mary?s University in San Antonio, Texas, in 1990. Upon completion of that degree, she earned her Master of Science degree at Texas Women?s University (TWU). At TWU, she was elected student representative for the Minority Research Support Program (MRSP) and she mentored junior high and high school girls in an ACES Math Camp.
Angela entered the Doctorate Program at Meharry Medical School, Nashville TN, in the Department of Neurobiology and Neurotoxicology, focusing her attention on Alzheimer?s disease, making this the topic of her doctoral thesis. While at the Meharry Medical School, she received the Pfizer Pharmaceutical Award, and was elected the president of the Graduate Student Association and crowned Miss Graduate Studies. Angela received her Doctorate of Philosophy degree in 2008, graduating Summa Cum Laude.
Angela?s post-doctoral training was completed at the North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Texas, in the field of Neuropharmacology. Her career highlights included authoring numerous published papers and collaboration on published research with teams of scientists in the field of Alzheimer?s disease.
Upon the completion of her Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.) degree in Neuropharmacology, Angela contributed to the education of numerous students across the country, including having served as a professor of Pathophysiology at the Texas A&M Health Science Center, professor of Biology at Collin County College, and professor of Pathophysiology at Midway College in Paintsville, Kentucky.
Her affable nature, big smile, and easy spirit, along with her laser-focused intellectual rigor, made her a fast friend of undergraduates, and a strong academic teammate of her professional colleagues alike. There wasn?t a person she ever knew that wasn?t her student, friend, or admirer. She will be missed by all.
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