Gorden Hawkins was born in 1929 and raised in Blanding, Utah, his family having originally tried to settle in the Mormon colonies in Mexico. His grandparents helped settle the town of Blanding. Gorden served in the army overseas before training in the police academy in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Roy Clive Johnson was born 4 January 1932 in Sunnyside, Carbon, Utah. He was employed as a law enforcement officer for the town of Blanding, Utah. He died on 23 December 1988 and was buried in Blanding.
From the guide to the Oral history interviews with Gorden Hawkins and Roy Johnson, 1972, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)