Earl Gene Ford, 80, died Thursday, November 13, 2014, in Amarillo.
Services were held Monday, November 17, 2014, in the First United Methodist Church in Clarendon with Rev. Bill Hodges, Rev. Chris Ford, and Dewey Ford, officiating.
Burial followed at Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon.
Arrangements were under the direct of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Earl was born June 19, 1934, in Texola, Oklahoma to Dewey Gene and Dora Ida Deaton Ford. He married Phyllis Abernathy in 1958. He later married Barbara Gambill on November 1, 1985, in Amarillo. He had been a resident of Clarendon the past 47 years and had worked Maintenance Operations at Clarendon College prior to his retirement. He had been an assistant scout leader for Boy Scout Troop 433, volunteered for little league baseball, and was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Clarendon. Earl was also a member of the Tahlequah tribe of the Cherokee nation.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Barbara in 2006; 2 sons, Danny Ford and Johnny Morrow; a brother, Clyde Lee Ford; 2 sisters, Jurl Dene “Jeri” Roberts and AmaLee Henderson.
He is survived by 2 sons, Dewey Ford and wife Cathy of West Virginia and Chris Ford and wife Terri of Clarendon; a daughter, Missy McKeever and husband Caroll of Burkburnett; a brother, Bennie Ford of Wheeler; a sister in law, Carmen Ford of Amarillo; 8 grandchildren; 1 great grandchild; and several nieces and nephews.
The family request memorials be sent to the Clarendon Volunteer Fire Department / PO BOX 364 / Clarendon, TX 79226.
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