Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today in Rowe Cemetery with the Rev. Bryan Knowles, retired Baptist minister, officiating. Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Jack was born Aug. 31, 1918, in Idabel, Okla., to Francis Lee and Exie Hoover Stafford. He married Jackie Leach on Dec. 3, 1939, in Memphis. He had lived in Silverton from 1952 to 1966 and then moved to Hedley in 1966, where he had lived since that time. Mr. Stafford had owned and operated the Silverton and Hedley grocery stores from 1957 to 1980. After the sale of the grocery stores, he continued to farm and ranch. He loved working with his cattle, especially in the later years of his life. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Hedley.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Jackie Stafford, on Nov. 4, 2002; seven brothers; and three sisters.
Survivors include two sons, Bob Stafford and wife Jean and Fred Stafford, all of Amarillo; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Rowe Cemetery Association in Hedley.
Sign the online guest book at www.RobertsonFuneral.com.
Amarillo Globe-News, April 17, 2008
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today in Rowe Cemetery with the Rev. Bryan Knowles, retired Baptist minister, officiating. Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Jack was born Aug. 31, 1918, in Idabel, Okla., to Francis Lee and Exie Hoover Stafford. He married Jackie Leach on Dec. 3, 1939, in Memphis. He had lived in Silverton from 1952 to 1966 and then moved to Hedley in 1966, where he had lived since that time. Mr. Stafford had owned and operated the Silverton and Hedley grocery stores from 1957 to 1980. After the sale of the grocery stores, he continued to farm and ranch. He loved working with his cattle, especially in the later years of his life. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Hedley.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Jackie Stafford, on Nov. 4, 2002; seven brothers; and three sisters.
Survivors include two sons, Bob Stafford and wife Jean and Fred Stafford, all of Amarillo; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Rowe Cemetery Association in Hedley.
Sign the online guest book at www.RobertsonFuneral.com.
Amarillo Globe-News, April 17, 2008
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John Melvin Stafford
1897–1966
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David Lee Stafford Sr
1898–1982
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Frances Alta Stafford Dooley
1901–1962
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Austin Edgar "Boss" Stafford
1903–1992
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Silas Patrick Stafford
1905–1990
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Gordon Len "Putch" Stafford
1907–1979
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Barton Raymond Stafford
1909–1999
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Mary Eddith Stafford Spivey
1911–1998
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Maude Pauline Stafford Wiggins Dorris
1913–1984
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Allen Elmer Stafford
1916–2000
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