Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Bynum, Clifford Hillie  July 20 2004
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Clifford Hillie Bynum
July 2, 1953 July 20, 2004

Viewing and visitation to start Thursday, July 29, 2004, from 10 a.m. to 8 
p.m. in the Chapel of Ruckers Mortuary for Clifford Hillie Bynum, 52. 

The funeral ceremony will be held Friday, July 30, 10:00 a.m., at Come As You 
Are Outreach Ministries, 218 Bernard Street. Pastor Carol English of Free Will 
Church of God In Christ is officiating with interment to follow with a 
veterans ceremony to follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park.

Clifford Hillie Bynum was born in San Diego, CA on July 2, 1953 to Clifford 
Bynum Sr. and Hazel Gillem. He moved from San Diego, CA to Bakersfield as a 
young child and there he was raised by his grand-mother, Betsy Goodmorning. He 
attended Bakersfield city schools and received his general education 
certificate from the Armed Forces.

He met and married Sharon Faye Beavers and together they had two children. He 
was a longtime employee of Schlumberger Oil Well Services. He was a hard 
worker and a loving and devoted husband and father. That union ended in 1980.

He then met Janie Broussard and together they had two children. He continued 
to be a hard working and loving father. Clifford was an employee of Fleet 
Services and Ace Hydraulics as a hydraulic technician.

Clifford enjoyed playing chess and keeping a smile on the faces of anyone who 
he came in contact with. He spent the best of his days with his good 
friend/brother, Herb Love and Momma Ellen O. Austin planting flowers and 
watching western movies. He liked R&B music and most recently became fond of 
Louie Armstrongs son, Its a Wonder World.

Clifford was preceded in death by his mother, Hazel Gillem; his father, 
Clifford Bynum Sr.; two brothers, Donald Kirkland, Bruce Worthy; nephew, 
Donald E. Gillem-Kirkland; and grandmother, Betsy Goodmorning. Clifford leaves 
to cherish his loving memory his children: Clifford Bynum III and daughter-in-
law, Keisha Miller-Bynum, Coteia Latrice Clark, Jermaine Bynum, Tyson Bymun 
AND Denisha Moore; six grandchildren, Clifford Bynum IV, Curtis Anthony Clark 
Jr., Christopher Bynum, Courtesy Yhai Clark, Janessa Bynum and Kierre Luat; 
nieces and nephews, Zamia Perry, Xenia King, Aleithia Carter, Xonald and 
Ronald Gillem-Kirkland, Luvell, Johnny, Regshange and Shannon; a host of 
family and friends.

Mom, Ms. Ellen O. Austin, you are an angel in disguise and such an amazing 
woman. We can never thank you enough for all of the things that you have done 
for our father and us. Thank you so much for all of the support you gave our 
father. He was very proud to call you Momma. We are sure he is still looking 
down and smiling at you. We love you, The Bynum Children and grandchildren.

Clifford Will Be Deeply Missed,

But Never Forgotten 


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Volunteer submission - No relation to deceased.


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