The legacy of Stafford lives on

  • A star is born.
  • Stafford’s latest legacy is the new Shooting Star Park at the Stafford Air and Space Museum.
  • Gen. Stafford is pictured as a child at his home at 215 West Washita Avenue in Weatherford. Washita Avenue was later named Tom Stafford Avenue in 1975.
  • Thomas with his father, Thomas S., and mother, Mary Ellen,when he was about 8 years old.
  • Weatherford Daily News publisher Phillip Reid, left, interviews Stafford.
  • Ken Reid, publisher emeritus, shows Nannie Smith, who was Mary’s best friend and Tom’s former babysitter, the newspaper story of the Apollo-Soyuz mission in the Weatherford Daily News.
  • Stafford’s initials shown at one of the first hospitals at 222 N. Broadway in Weatherford.
  • General Tom Stafford celebrates the opening of the Stafford Elementary with sons Michael and Stas.
  • Gen. Thomas P. Stafford Elementary School located in Weatherford.
  • The legacy of Stafford lives on
  • The legacy of Stafford lives on
  • Thomas P. Stafford Airport located in General Thomas P. Stafford plaque located at Gen. Thomas P. Stafford Air and Space Museum Weatherford. Stafford Park, which is his birthplace. jn Weatherford.
It’s pretty incredible when a man’s life is covered in his local newspaper from cradle to grave almost on a daily basis. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford’s life is chronicled in the Weatherford Daily News and is the largest collection of stories of his life that exist today. It has been a privilege and honor to celebrate these stories from his 93 years of life starting in Weatherford, at 215 W. Washita…

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