In this 2012 file photo, LeKeshia Matthews smoothes down daughter Keoshia Ford’s eyebrows. Ford’s family rose bright and early to take her to a doctor’s appointment at Erlanger on the day this photo was taken. Read more.
HOW TO HELPKeoshia Ford is in need of supplies, as well as money donations.Supplies needed include: large adult diapers, toilet paper, hand soap, paper towels, bath towels, trash bags, hydrogen peroxide, Toothette oral swabs, bottled water, laundry detergent, saline bullets, cotton swabs, sanitary wipes, 4×4 gauze, hand sanitizer, A&D diaper rash ointment, baby shampoo and alcohol swabs.Donations can be dropped off at Olivet Baptist Church, 740 E. M.L. King Blvd., or Chattanooga Police Department, 3410 Amnicola Highway.Checks can be sent to Olivet Baptist Church, c/o Keoshia Ford, 740 E. M.L. King Blvd., Chattanooga, TN 37403. The church can be reached at 423-266-8709.PRAYERA prayer vigil will be held at noon Saturday at 2012 Bennett Ave., where Keoshia Ford was shot March 17.
Keoshia Ford’s eyes are half closed in a downward glance. Family members dust pink eye shadow on her as she sits strapped to a wheelchair outfitted with a head brace and cushions.
Two of Keoshia’s four sisters play in the background, coloring inside composition books.
This is the hard part, said 30-year-old LeKeshia Matthews, Keoshia’s mother: waiting.