C. W. Fordham

C. W.'s father was Charlie Edgar Fordham and his mother was Ida Waters.  His paternal grandparents were Wiley Fordham and Lucretia Cannon. He had four brothers and four sisters, named Johnny "Buddy", Frank, Morgan, Grady Brooks, Bernice, Eva Lee, Maggie and Elsie. He had three half-brothers and seven half-sisters, named Irvin Oscar, James Hendley, Wiley, Emma Louise, Anne Hassie, Lizzie Mae, Mary Ollie, Bertha, Myrtle Victoria and Willie.