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Oct 6, 2011 · Henson's mother, Bernice Gordon, worked for the now-defunct Washington area department store chain, Woodward & Lothrop, in a distribution center.
Taraji Penda Henson was born September 11, 1970, in Southeast Washington, D.C., the daughter of Bernice (née Gordon), a corporate manager at Woodward & Lothrop, and Boris Lawrence Henson, a janitor and metal fabricator.
Taraji P. Henson was 6 years old when her mother, Bernice Gordon, was held up in a parking lot near their home in Washington, DC. They were coming back from McDonald’s, and Gordon was...
Bernice Gordon (January 11, 1914 – January 29, 2015) was an American constructor of crosswords. She created puzzles for many publications after beginning her career in the early 1950s, and holds the record as the oldest contributor to The New York Times crossword puzzle.
Sep 6, 2022 · Bernice Gordon (née Ballard) is the mother of Taraji P. Henson. She worked as a corporate manager at the department store Woodward & Lothrop. According to reports, Taraji’s parents were in an abusive marriage and eventually got divorced, leaving her mother to raise her and her siblings all alone.
Mar 10, 2014 · She is the daughter of Bernice Gordon who was a corporate manager at Woodward &Lothrop and Boris Henson who professionally was a janitor and fabricator. Her name was put in from Swahili origin. Her first name “Taraji” means hope and middle name “Penda” means love. She mostly spent summers in Sub-urban Southern Maryland at her grandparent’s house.
Feb 4, 2015 · Bernice Gordon, who delighted, bedeviled and sometimes outraged aficionados of the crossword puzzle during a six-decade career unusual not only for its longevity but the artfulness of her...
