Clay Ford
Clarence V. "Clay" Ford | |
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3rd district | |
In office 2007–2012 | |
Preceded by | Holly Benson |
Succeeded by | Doug Broxson |
Member of the Gulf Breeze City Council | |
In office 1990 – March 2007 | |
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the Pulaski County district | |
In office 1975–1976 | |
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 | Carol Ann Ford |
Children | David Anthony Ford Douglas A. Ford |
Residence(s) | Gulf Breeze Santa Rosa County, Florida |
Alma mater | University of Arkansas University of Arkansas School of Law |
Occupation | Attorney and retired military officer |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Army Arkansas National Guard |
Clarence V. Ford, known as Clay Ford (September 24, 1938 – March 18, 2013),
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.[2]
In 1969, he received a Bachelor of Arts in Finance from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. In 1978, he obtained a Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas School of Law, also in Fayetteville. In 1986, Ford obtained a Master of Science degree in public administration from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.[2]
He was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1975 to 1976. From 1977 to 1979, he was a member of the Special School District Board in Pulaski County in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was a delegate to the Arkansas Constitutional Convention held in Little Rock in 1978 and 1979.
After moving to Florida, he served on the Gulf Breeze City Council from 1990 to 2007 and was president of the Florida League of Cities from 2004 to 2005. On February 27, 2007, he was elected to the Florida House to succeed
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The Florida Legislature recognized Representative Clay Ford by naming the Minority Scholarship for accounting students the Clay Ford Scholarship Program in the 2013 legislative session.
References
- ^ "Obituary". Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- ^ a b "Clay Ford's Biography". votesmart.org. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
- ^ "The Buzz," St. Petersburg Times. September 17, 2008. Online
- ^ Rep Clay Ford diespnj.com March 19, 2013 Archived September 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine