Clarence V. "Clay" Ford | |
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Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 2nd district |
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In office March 2007 – March 18, 2013 |
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Preceded by | Holly Benson |
Succeeded by | Mike Hill |
Member of the Gulf Breeze City Council | |
In office 1990 – March 2007 |
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Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the Pulaski County district |
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In office 1975–1976 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Wynne, Cross County Arkansas, USA |
September 24, 1938
Died | March 18, 2013 | (aged 74)
Cause of death | Cancer |
Political party | Arkansas Democrat-turned-Florida Republican |
Spouse(s) | Carol Ann Ford |
Children |
David Anthony Ford |
Residence |
Gulf Breeze Santa Rosa County, Florida |
Alma mater |
University of Arkansas |
Occupation | Attorney and retired military officer |
Religion | United Methodist |
Military service | |
Service/branch |
United States Army |
David Anthony Ford
Douglas A. Ford
Clay V. Ford
University of Arkansas
University of Arkansas School of Law
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
United States Army
United States Army Reserve
Clarence V. Ford, known as Clay Ford (September 24, 1938 – March 18, 2013), was an attorney and Republican politician from Gulf Breeze in Santa Rosa County near Pensacola, Florida, who from 2007 until his death represented District 2 in the Florida House of Representatives.
A native of Wynne in Cross County in eastern Arkansas, Ford was married to Carol Ann Ford and had three children, David, Doug, and Clay, and seven grandchildren. He served in the infantry in the United States Army, the Army Reserve, and the Arkansas National Guard from 1955 to 1988, having advanced through the ranks from private to colonel. He studied at the United States Army War College in Carlisle Barracks in Pennsylvania and the United States Air Force War College in Frankfurt, Germany.