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Submitted: 10/28/21 • Approved: 10/29/21 • Last Updated: 11/1/21 • R465492-G0-S3
US National Guard
April 3, 1950-December 7, 1995
*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Dwight Ford, 45, a former resident of Canadian, died of a heart attack Thursday, Dec. 7, 1995, in Oklahoma City.
Graveside services were at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Wheeler Cemetery with the Rev. Rodney Weatherly officiating. Arrangements were by Wright Funeral Home of Wheeler.
Mr. Ford was born in Wheeler. He graduated from Wheeler High School in 1968. He married Sue Wood in 1968. He graduated from Oklahoma State University Tech at Okmulgee, Okla. He lived in Canadian for a number of years before moving to Mustang, Okla., four years ago.
He was a past member of the National Guard. He was a member of the Toastmasters Club in Mustang and First Baptist Church in Wheeler.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Paige Ford of Goodwell, Okla.; a daughter, Brooke Ford of Mustang; his mother, Peggy Ford of Wheeler, two sisters, Susan McCaskill of Amarillo and Teresa Rose of Wheeler; and a brother Dell Ford of Wheeler.
Pallbearers were the Wheeler High School Class of 1968.
The family suggests memorials be to American Heart Association, 2402 W. 7th, Amarillo, TX, 79106; or the Panhandle Chapter of Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Association.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume 63, Number 1, Thursday, December 14, 1995, Page 1)
Contributed on 10/28/21
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