Mavis Ford Wolfe
Mavis Lorene Ford was born on September 20, 1909 in Trigg County, Kentucky, the third of seven children born to William Albert Ford and Annie Emmaline Bridges Ford. William was a farmer and he and Annie were both natives of Trigg County. Annie was a granddaughter of Simco Bridges. Mavis’ siblings were Henry Kirklin Ford, born and died as an infant in 1906; Betty Earle Ford, born in 1907 and married Thomas Odell Adams; Willie Glenn Ford, born in 1915 and died at the age of one; Elaine Marie Ford, born in 1917 and married Troy Amos “Dave” Calhoun; Howard Blane Ford, born in 1919 and married Irma Maxine Williams; and Nida Merle Ford born in 1924 and married James Burwick Downs.
In 1927, Mavis was in the first graduating class of the Rogers High School in Linton, Kentucky. The following fall she entered Murray State University where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree. Only one year later in 1928, she began her teaching career by teaching in a one-room school. Among the one-room school where she taught were Saline Creek, Lower Donaldson, Delmont and Graham schools. She went on to teach for fourteen years at the Linton Graded School.
On October 17, 1931, Mavis married James Franklin Wolfe. Frank was born on October 23, 1906 and was the son of Napoleon B. Wolfe and Ida Martin Hughes Wolfe, both natives of Trigg County. Frank was also in the first graduating class of the Rogers High School in Linton. He attended Murray State University and was a teacher for twenty-six years in Trigg County. In 1954, he retired from teaching and became a full-time farmer.
Mavis was transferred from the Linton Graded School to the Cadiz Graded School in 1957. She taught there until 1962 when the Trigg County school district consolidated all of the 1 through 12 classes into one single school center. She taught in the new consolidated schools until her retirement in 1975 ending a career of more than 45 years teaching the school children of Trigg County.
Frank and Mavis were the parents of three children, Billie Frank Wolfe, born in 1932 and married Robbie Dell Johnson; Elizabeth Ann Wolfe, born in 1936 and married Rex Allen Thompson; and James Dwight Wolfe, born in 1949 and married Linda Sue Clark and then married Sharon Ezell Birdsong.
Mavis died on September 6, 1987 at the age of 77 in the Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Kentucky. She was buried in the Lawence Cemetery in Trigg County. Frank had died on January 16, 1983 at the age of 76 at his home in Trigg County. He was also buried in the Lawrence Cemetery.
Frank Wolfe
Mavis and Frank tombstone
LINEAGE: (Mavis Lorene Ford Wolfe was the daughter of William Albert and Annie Emmaline Bridges Ford. Annie was the third child of Alfred Franklin and Lou Ella Turner Bridges. Alfred was the fourth child of Simco and Emeline Martin Bridges. Simco was the third child of William and Mary Thomas Bridges. William was the fourth child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges.)
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