Cliff Ammons
| Clifton R. "Cliff" Ammons | |
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| Louisiana State Representative from Sabine Parish (at-large) | |
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In office 1960–1964 |
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| Preceded by | J. M. Belisle |
| Succeeded by | Willie A. Williams |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 17, 1918 Negreet, Sabine Parish Louisiana |
| Died | July 28, 1981 (aged 63) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Ethel Matherne Ammons (married 1940-1981, his death) |
| Children | Dr. Dianna A. Johnson Suzanne Jeanne Ammons Robert D. Ammons Kenneth E. Ammons Larry Wayne Ammons (1953-1993) |
| Residence | Many, Sabine Parish |
| Alma mater |
Louisiana State University Stephen F. Austin State University |
| Occupation | Educator, businessman |
Clifton R. Ammons (February 17, 1918 – July 28, 1981), known as Cliff Ammons, was an educator and businessman from Many, Louisiana, who served from 1960-1964 as a Democrat from Sabine Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives. He is principally remembered as "the father of Toledo Bend Reservoir", a large recreational and power complex on the Louisiana/Texas border. Toledo Bend encompasses parts of four counties in Texas as well as Sabine and De Soto parishes in Louisiana. It is the largest lake in Texas and the largest waterway of its kind on the borders of Texas.Lake Pontchartrain in southeastern Louisiana is much larger in area, but it is a brackish estuary and not a true lake.
Ammons was born in Negreet in Sabine Parish, a son of Oriel Lee Ammons (1896–1968) and the former Velma Alford (1900–1992). After graduation from Negreet High School in 1935, he procured a Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge. He also obtained a master's degree from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches in east Texas. In 1940, he married the former Ethel Jeanne Matherne (1916–2002). She was originally from the Bayou Blue community near Houma in Terrebonne Parish, the daughter of Ellis Thomas and Ada E. Matherne. Their children are Dr. Dianna Drew Johnson of Memphis, Tennessee, formerly Dr. Dianna D. Redburn of Houston, Texas, and Suzanne Jeanne Ammons, Robert Dale Ammons, and Kenneth Ellis Ammons, all of Many. The youngest son, Larry Wayne Ammons (1953–1993), died at the age of thirty-nine of heart complications in Lafayette.
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