Weldon D. Morford
HOUSTON -- Weldon D. Morford, 73, died
Saturday (May 8, 1999) at his home in Houston.
He was born March 20, 1926, in Newton
to George Everett and Hazel (Jolly) Morford. He married Vivian L.
Blankenship Dec. 4, 1948. She survives.
He was a 1944 graduate of Newton High
School. He was a U.S. Navy veteran, where he served in the Pacific
Theater during World War II.
He attended Emporia State Teachers
College and was later employed at Santa Fe Railroad. In 1954 and 1956
he was elected Sheriff of Harvey County. In 1956, he and his family
moved to Florida, where he worked as a security representative for
General Electric in Cape Canaveral and also worked in the early space
program. He transferred to Daytona Beach with General Electric, where
he worked in the defense program for the development of F-15 and F-16
jets and other related programs. He retired in 1989, moving to
Newton.
He was a member of First Baptist Church
in Newton. He was a bus driver for the Newton Area Senior Center,
where he also was a member of the Board of Directors.
He and his wife moved to Houston in
1998.
Other survivors include: one daughter,
Linda Morford-Downey of Houston; three sons, Bruce D. Morford of
Virginia Beach, Va., James L. Morford of Lake Limestone, Texas, and
David L. Morford of Winfield; one brother, Galen Morford of Newton;
one sister, Roumel Brown of DeLand, Fla.; 12 grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one brother, George
Morford.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m.,
June 1, 1999, at First Baptist Church in Newton with the Rev. Alden
Dick officiating.
Memorials have been established with
Newton Area Senior Center in Newton.
