Ellis Hugh Stanford 90 of Palm Coast FL a native of Ripley Mississippi died Sunday December 11 2011 at Stuart F. Meyer Hospice House Palm Coast. Visitation will be held on Wednesday December 14th from 6-8 pm with funeral services on Thursday the 15th at 10 am at Lohman Funeral Home Palm Coast; 220 Palm Coast Pkwy SW Palm Coast FL. Interment with full military honors will follow at Jacksonville National Cemetery.
Mr. Stanford was a retired Administrator from the US Air Force. He served during WWII and Korea. He reached the rank of TSGT. He went on to work with NASA in Houston TX and with the Dept. of Highway Safety and Motor vehicles in Tallahassee FL. He relocated with his wife to Palm Coast in 1995 from Tallahassee. He was Baptist in faith a member of the VFW and American Legion he enjoyed traveling gardening and was an avid bowler belonging to numerous leagues. He will be lovingly remembered as a great story teller. He is survived by his wife of sixteen years Pat Stanford Palm Coast daughters Pam Adams and Patti (Joe) Moxley both of Sebastian FL step-daughters Sheila "Barbi" (David) Leighow Oregon and Dorothy Strawder Hawaii a step-son Bill Greene California eight grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren as well as his faithful companion "Jetta". Memorial contributions may be made to Stuart F. Meyer Hospice House at 150 Memorial Medical Parkway Palm Coast FL 32164.
Friends may send condolences to www.LohmanFuneralHomes.com. Arrangements are under the careful supervision of Lohman Funeral Home Palm Coast.