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Submitted: 7/22/20 • Approved: 7/22/20 • Last Updated: 7/25/20 • R336078-G0-S3
August 15, 1918 - January 19, 2004
*Obituary
Funeral services for Kenneth R. Wofford, 85, of Lockney were held Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at the West College and Third Church of Christ in Lockney. Frank Duckworth officiated, and Steve McLean assisted. Burial was in the Lockney Cemetery under the direction of Moore-Rose-White Funeral Home of Lockney.
He departed this life on January 19, 2004, at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock.
He was born on August 15, 1918 in Lockney to the late O.D. and Lula Belle Wofford. A lifelong resident of Lockney, he married Retha Belt on July 4, 1937, in Lockney. He attended Texas Tech and was a hull inspector for battleships in the shipyard in Orange, during WWII. He enjoyed farming and raising cattle. He was a former Mayor and City Councilman of Lockney, President of the Chamber of Commerce, Lockney Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year and Floyd County Pioneer Association Man of the Year. He served as the School Board President, on the Board of Directors of the Plains Cotton Growers, Inc. and on the Consumers' Board of Directors. He was a Deacon and Elder of West College and Third Church of Christ in Lockney.
Survivors include his wife; one son, James Ray Wofford and wife Janie of Carrollton; two daughters, Jean Curtsinger and husband Jim of Lubbock, Jann Ball and husband Tommy of Worland, WY; one brother, Ralph D. Wofford of Anchorage, Alaska; one sister, Ethelene Myrick of Plainview; nine grandchildren; and 4 great-grandchildren.
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