Bessie Marie Fordham

1923 - 2011  (88 years)

• Name	Bessie Marie Fordham
  Born	25 Feb 1923	Greenville, Beaver, Utah, United States
  		Birth Certificate for Bessie Marie Fordham Edwards
  Gender	Female
  Died	15 Jul 2011	Greenville, Beaver, Utah, United States
  Buried	22 Jul 2011	Greenville, Beaver, Utah, United States
  Person ID	I6	Edwards-Fordham
  Last Modified	31 May 2014

  
  

  Father	George Albert Fordham,   b. 29 Jun 1889, Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States ,   d. 2 Apr 1962, Greenville, Beaver, Utah, United States  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Jeanette Caroline Calvert,   b. 29 Aug 1899, Greenville, Beaver, Utah, United States ,   d. 25 Nov 1983, Milford, Beaver, Utah, United States  (Age 84 years)
  Married	6 Sep 1917	Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States
  	Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937 Name: Janett Caroline Calvert Gender: Female Age: 18 Birth Date: 1899 Marriage Date: 6 Sep 1917 Marriage Place: Beaver, Utah, United States Spouse: George Albert Fordham FHL Film Number: 0485224
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Vivian E Edwards,   b. 2 Apr 1916, Manderfield, Beaver, Utah, United States ,   d. 2 Jun 1974, Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States  (Age 58 years)
  Married	13 Sep 1941	Pioche, Lincoln, Nevada, United States
  Children	+ 1. Ricke Von Edwards,   b. 28 Oct 1943, Camp Forrest, Coffee, Tennessee, United States ,   d. 12 Nov 1985, Greenville, Beaver, Utah, United States  (Age 42 years) + 2. Living   3. Living   4. Living
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2014
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 Feb 1923 - Greenville, Beaver, Utah, United States Married - 13 Sep 1941 - Pioche, Lincoln, Nevada, United States Died - 15 Jul 2011 - Greenville, Beaver, Utah, United States Buried - 22 Jul 2011 - Greenville, Beaver, Utah, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Bessie Marie Fordham at 6 months of age
  		Ralph, Nettie holding Bessie, Howard
  		Ralph and Bessie Fordham in front of their home in Greenville, Utah, 1923
  		Bessie Marie Fordham at Beaver High School
  		Bessie Marie Fordham in front of Beaver High School - Beaver, Utah
  		Bessie Marie Fordham with her best friend Martha Barton in front of Beaver High School - Beaver, Utah
  		Bessie Marie Fordham Edwards at the south door of Beaver High School - Beaver, Utah
  		Bessie Marie Fordham Edwards at USU Agricultural College - Logan, Utah, 1941
  		Bessie Marie Fordham Edwards at age 19 or 20
  		Bessie and Vivian Edwards - 1941
  		Bessie and Vivian Edwards - the day of their marriage on September 13, 1941.
  		Bessie and Vivian Edwards on the day after their marriage - Delmar, Nevada - 14 September 1941
  		Bessie and Vivian Edwards - September 1941 Vivian is leaving on a train to return to San Luis Obisbo, California for military training just a few days after he and Bessie were married.
  		Vivian and Bessie Edwards with Collis Bradshaw - September 1941 Vivian and Collis are about to leave from the train station for California a few days after Vivian and Bessie were married.
  		Bessie and Vivian Edwards during on of their visits while he was away for military training - 1941 or 1942
  		Bessie Marie Fordham Edwards - 1942
  		Vivian and Bessie Edwards while stationed at Yakima, Washington - 1942
  		Bessie and Vivian Edwards - Olympia Washington - 1942
  		Bessie and Vivian Edwards - 1942
  		Bessie Marie Fordham Edwards with her son Ricke Von Edwards - 1944
  		Bessie Marie Fordham Edwards with son Ricke Edwards
  		Ricke, Bessie and Vivian Edwards in Greenville, Utah shortly after Vivian returned home from World War II
  		The first home Vivian and Bessie Edwards purchased. "This is our home while I was in Manderfield, Utah. The home of Moses and Harriet Edwards, Vivian's grandparents. We bought it when Vivian came home from the World War II. We remodeled and built on to it."
  		3 Generations: Laura Jane Arthur Calvert, Jeanette Calvert Fordham, Bessie Fordham Edwards (Glenna Mae Fordham peeking in the corner)
  		Bessie Marie Fordham Edwards at the Postmaster's convention
  		Napkin from the retirement party for Bessie Marie Fordham Edwards
  		Bessie Marie Fordham Edwards
  		Birthday cake for Bessie Marie Fordham Edward's 75th Birthday celebration
  		Bessie Marie Fordham Edwards at her 75th Birthday Celebration - 1998
  		Bessie Marie Fordham Edwards with John Bradshaw, Julia Edwards Bradshaw, Desma Maycock Edwards, Lavoy Maycock at Bessie's 75th Birthday Celebration
  		Bessie Marie Fordham Edwards and her children and grandchildren at her 75th birthday celebration - 1998 - in Greenville, Utah
  		Bessie Marie Fordham Edwards with her brother Ralph Fordham at Bessie's 75th birthday celebration
  		Bessie Marie Fordham Edwards at Eric's wedding
  		Fordham family home in Greenville, Utah
  		School where George Albert Fordham taught and Bessie Marie Fordham Edwards and her siblings went to school - Greenville, Utah

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		USAC Student Card for Bessie Marie Fordham Edwards - 1941-1942
  		Back of the USAC Student Body Card for Bessie Marie Fordham Edwards
  		Marriage Certificate for Vivian E. Edwards and Bessie Marie Fordham 13 September 1941
  		The Sealing Certificate for Vivian E. Edwards and Bessie Marie Fordham, 3 February 1951, St. George, Utah
  		Obituary for Bessie Marie Fordham Edwards
  		Bessie Marie Fordham Edwards' handwritten testimony
  		Bessie Edwards Award of Merit Eight years of faithful service as a Visiting Teacher
  		Letter from Jeanette Calvert Fordham to her daughter Bessie Fordham Edwards
  		Letter from William Hyrum Calvert to Bessie and Vivian Edwards, 1942
  		Life sketch of Bessie Fordham Edwards from her funeral Written by her children
  		Bessie Marie Fordham 1923-2011 Mother's Day Article in the Greenville News, 12 May 1932 - part1
  		Bessie Marie Fordham 1923-2011 Mothers Day Program in the Greenville News 12 May 1932 - Part 2
  		George Albert Fordham and Jeanette Caroling Calvert Fordham 25 February 1923 - Birth Announcement: Girl (Bessie) to Mr. & Mrs. Fordham

  
  

  Recordings

  History of the courtship and marriage of Vivian Edwards and Bessie Fordham

  
  

  Albums		The Life of Bessie Marie Fordham Edwards (122) 1923-2011
  		Bessie Edwards 75th Birthday (299) Cards, letters, and pictures from Bessie's 75th birthday celebration in 1998
  		Bessie Edwards 83rd Birthday (49) Pictures taken around the time of Bessie's 83rd birthday in 2005
  		Bessie Marie Fordham Edwards Funeral (442) Pictures of family and friends from the viewing and the graveside service
  		The Edwards Home (177) Final pictures taken after Bessie's funeral