Beckham County, OK - Obits: Clyde "Lee" Ford, 2003 Wednesday, February 19, 2003 Submitted by: dmorgan@efn.org ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgenwebarchives.org *********************************************************************** Clyde "Lee" Ford Clyde "Lee" Ford, 63, of Amarillo died Sunday, Feb. 16, 2003. Services will be at 10 a.m. today in Rector Funeral Home Chapel, 2800 S. Osage St., with Joe Jernigan, pastor of Calvary Christian Fellowship Church of Shamrock, and Charlie Floyd, pastor of First Baptist Church of Texola, Okla., officiating. Burial will be at 2 p.m. in Shamrock Cemetery in Shamrock with military rites by the Army. Mr. Ford was born in Texola. He moved to Amarillo in 1985 from Colorado Springs, Colo. He served in the Army during the Korean and Vietnam wars. He was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. He retired from the Army as a captain in 1980 after 23 years of service. After his retirement from the Army, he worked as a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service Ross Street Station. He was a life member and past commander of the VFW Post No. 1475. He was also a member of American Legion, DAV, VVA and Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association. He married Carmen Newman in 1961 at Wheeler. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Karen Orthengren and husband, Alan, of Amarillo; a sister, Jurl Dene Roberts of Shamrock; two brothers, Bennie Ford of Wheeler and Earl Ford of Clarendon; and two grandsons, Corey Orthengren and Trey Orthengren, both of Amarillo. The family suggests memorials be to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1475; or Veteran Affairs Medical Center. Sign our online guest book at www.rectorfuneralhome.com. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 19, 2003 This story printed from the Amarillo Globe-News Online at amarillonet.com: http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/021903/obi_ob021903-16.shtml