Leaford Bivens

Leaford Clifton Bivens was born on June 27, 1917, in Wise County, Texas, to James Loyd and Ella Francis Bivens. He died December 15, 2011, in Glen Rose, Texas, at 94 years of age.
Leaford went to work as an aircraft mechanic for Consolidated Vultee (now Lockheed) in 1942. He worked on the B-24, B-32, B-36, B-58, F-111, RB57F, and F-16. That was his full-time job until he retired in 1976. But his first love was