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Ronald Gene Sanford
entered this life February 22, 1950 to Bobby Doyle and Mary Maxine (Tramel)
Sanford in Salina, Oklahoma. He entered into rest June 24, 2008 at his
home in Sulphur, Oklahoma at the age of 58 years.
Ron graduated from
Stigler High School and attended Murray State College in Tishomingo,
Oklahoma and Tonkawa Junior College. He later served in the United
States Navy on the USS Mullunix Destroyer. He and Elaine Salmon were
married April 6, 1979 at Lake Murray Chapel and raised two sons, Bradley
and Michael. Ron was personally known as “The Candy Man”, was the
original Santa at the Ardmore First Christmas Parade, and cooked and
catered for many organizations including the FFA, Key Club, Highway
Patrol, family gatherings, and weddings. He was an honorary member of
the Highway Patrol.
He is survived by his wife, Elaine Sanford of Sulphur, Oklahoma;
parents, Bob and Mary Sanford of Sulphur, Oklahoma; two sons,
Bradley Wayne Sanford and wife, Teresa, of Sulphur, Oklahoma and Michael
Scott Sanford and wife, Terra, of Dougherty, Oklahoma; two brothers,
Bobby Doyle Sanford II of Oklahoma City and Michael Duane Sanford of
Dallas, Texas; four grandchildren, Braxtyn Layne Sanford and
Brylie Jayde Sanford both of Sulphur, Oklahoma, and Landen Dace Sanford
and Jaycee Paige Sanford both of Dougherty, Oklahoma; brother-in-law,
Mark Salmon and wife, Genie, of Lexington, Oklahoma; sister-in-law,
Betty Jo Salmon of Springfield, Missouri; two nephews, Bobby
Doyle Sanford III of Oklahoma City and William Kylie Salmon of Moore,
Oklahoma. |
Pallbearers: Jimmy Chatham, Jay ‘Possom’ Taylor, A.C.
Gaine, George Johnson, Louie Harmon, Charlie Brown, Dennis Miller, Joe
Don Leming
Honorary Bears: Kenny Bailes, Don Brown, Danny
Freehill, Billy Idleman, Keith Gray
Service:
1:00 PM, Friday, June 27, 2008; First Free Will Baptist
Church, Sulphur, Oklahoma
Interment:
Oaklawn Cemetery, Sulphur, Oklahoma
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