Gordy, William

William and Ladocia Clay Gordy settled in Kemper County in 1890 and raised one daughter and six sons. I.D. Gordy, Sr., (born in 1891) married Glenn Thompson in 1917 and raised four daughters and one son.

I.D. Gordy, Jr., was born in Kemper County in 1925. He married Phyllis Holt in 1948 and they raised two daughters and one son.

The land purchased by William Gordy in 1895 in southeast Kemper County is at present part of Gordy Farms owned and operated by the I.D. Gordy, Jr.

From "Kemper County, Mississippi - A Pictorial History", placed here with permission by the Kemper County Historical Commission.