September 04

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO...

Bernice and Dorothy Burford 1938

Bernice was a brother of my grandfather, Lester Morris Burford. They were two of ten children born to Alexander Oscar and Lora Gibson Burford.

Bernice and Dorothy married 04 September 1938 and had six children: Jerry, George, David, Sue, Mike, and Jeannie.

   

Photos: Jerry, George (and wife Josie), David, Sue and Jean, Mike

When I was putting together the book "When We Were Irish" -- family photos and stories about the Burford branch of the family tree -- I dedicated a special page to Dorothy, with some comments my mother had written about how helpful Aunt Dorothy was with sharing information about the Burford family:

Wathada's notes:

I have decided that Aunt Dorothy can't ever die! She knows everything about the Burford family but doesn't realize it.  When she dies, there won't be anybody else who knows all this stuff.  Jewels of information literally drop out of her mouth and she doesn't even know it...

Aunt Dorothy cleared that up for me without me even asking about it.  She does that - it just rolls off her tongue... 

I wouldn't believe just anybody about that, but my Aunt Dorothy is the one who really told me about that, and I believe every word she says. One of the others just sort of hinted at it, but Dorothy tells things plain out and just like they are…

Nothing shocks or rattles Dorothy.  She looks life square in the face and just deals with it...