Adele Wellford biography: 13 things about Charlevoix, Michigan woman

Who is Adele Wellford?

Adele Orgill Wellford is an American woman from Charlevoix, Michigan, United States. She is one of the four daughters of Joseph Orgill III and Irene Leatherman Orgill.

From 1968 to 1980, Joseph was the president of Orgill Brothers & Co, a hardware firm founded in 1847 and based in Collierville, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA. From 1981 to 2005, he served as chairman of the board in the company, which was renamed Orgill, Inc. in 1996.

Raised in Memphis, Shelby County, Wellford is 5 years younger than her husband James Beasley Wellford. They have one son and one daughter together.

In 1987, Adele’s younger sister Anne Orgill served as Queen Isis XL of the Grand Krewe of Osiris in Memphis. Anne is married to Michael E. Keeney.

In 2008, Adele’s daughter Eliza Wellford served as Queen Isis LXVIII of the Grand Krewe of Osiris in Memphis. In 2009, Adele’s niece Kate Orgill Smith served as Queen Isis LXIX of the Grand Krewe of Osiris in Memphis.

In 2012, Adele’s niece Annie Orgill Buttarazzi served as Queen Isis LXXII of the Grand Krewe of Osiris in Memphis. Here are 13 more things about Adele:

1. In 1961, her younger sister also named Irene Leatherman Orgill was born. His sister Irene is married to Fred Smith.
2. In 1966, her younger sister Anne was born.
3. In 1968, her younger sister Kate Orgill was born. Kate is married to Michael J. Buttarazzi.
4. In 1977, she graduated from St. Mary’s Episcopal School in Memphis.
5. In 1979, she served as Queen Isis XL of the Grand Krewe of Osiris in Memphis.
6. In 1982, she gave birth to Gil Wellford.
7. In 1987, she gave birth to Eliza.
8. On March 8, 2014, her daughter Eliza married Richard Fletcher III at Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis. During the wedding, she wore a Lanvin dress adorned with butterflies.
9. On March 12, 2018, her father died at Baptist Hospital in Memphis after a brief illness at age 80.
10. On September 2, 2022, her daughter Eliza was abducted in Memphis by Cleotha Abston Henderson, then 38.
11. On September 3, 2022, she, James, Richard and Gil joined Keeney, her brother-in-law, who made a video statement to the public bout Eliza’s disappearance.
12. On September 5, 2022, her daughter Eliza was found dead in Memphis.
13. In September 2024, she turned 65.

On April 12, 2024, Henderson was found guilty of aggravated rape, especially aggravated kidnapping and being convicted felon in possession of a gun for the rape for raping and kidnapping Alicia Franklin on September 21, 2021. On October 28, 2024, he pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and especially aggravated kidnapping for the kidnapping and murder of Eliza.