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I remember Ed and his children Clay and Jake when we all lived in Bethsaida Woods many years ago. We had great times together.
Barbara S Clack
July 22, 2025 | Friend


Atlanta, Georgia
1941 - 2017
Edwin Metts Stafford Jr. passed away peacefully on July 15, 2017.Edwin was born in Ludowici on May 2, 1941, to Edwin and Madeira Stafford and graduated in 1959 from Bradwell Institute in Hinesville.Achieving his dream of flying, he completed more than 300 missions in Vietnam as an Army Caribou...
Read MoreI remember Ed and his children Clay and Jake when we all lived in Bethsaida Woods many years ago. We had great times together.
Barbara S Clack
July 22, 2025 | Friend
Such a privilege to have known Ed for so long and for him to be a part of my family. I have two handsome, wonderful nephews that he left as a legacy. May God comfort both of them during this time of grief and find joy knowing we will see him again! Love to all!
Faith Davis
August 11, 2017 | Seneca, SC
We won't see another one of these for many a while - fire in his eye but a smile on his lips. Great fellow to work with and a pleasure to be around. He came to work each day with a sense of awe of what he had accomplished & enjoyed every second of it. Fair winds & following seas, Captain Stafford.
Paul Eschenfelder
August 08, 2017 | Houston, TX
We were so sorry to hear of your loss, may you hold your memories in your hearts of a wonderful gentleman.
Jerry & Barbara Clack
August 02, 2017 | Blue Ridge, GA
May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.
August 02, 2017
A true Southern gentleman, a great pilot and a man I have always looked up to. What a wonderful man to emulate and admire.
Dan Mossman
July 31, 2017 | Fort Walton Beach, FL
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WE 'THANK EDWIN METTS STAFFORD, JR" for his US Army Services for our country in Vietnam as an Army Caribou pilot and the many years service and retirement as a 747 Captain for Northwest Airlines. May he always - "Rest-IN-PEACE" and his services to our country never be forgotten. Jean, Clay, and Jake, always be proud of his accomplishments and sisters Ila & Twila and the rest of the families you should also be very proud of Edwin, as we are.
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Earl and Hilda Swindell
July 30, 2017 | Glennville, GA

We "THANK EDWIN METTS STAFFORD, Jr.", for his US Army Military Service and completing more than 300 missions in Vietnam while serving as a Caribou pilot and then retiring following his Military Services from the Northwest Airlines as a 747 Captain. Mrs. Jean Stafford, Clay, and Jake, you should always be proud of his services and his sisters Ila Moody and Twila Sexton, plus the rest of his family should also be very proud of Edwin as we all are. May he always "REST-IN-PEACE"
Earl & Hilda Swindell
July 30, 2017 | Glennville, GA
We "THANK EDWIN METTS STAFFORD, Jr.", for his US Army Military Service and completing more than 300 missions in Vietnam while serving as a Caribou pilot and then retiring following his Military Services from the Northwest Airlines as a 747 Captain. Mrs. Jean Stafford, Clay, and Jake, you should always be proud of his services and his sisters Ila Moody and Twila Sexton, plus the rest of his family should also be very proud of Edwin as we all are. May he always "REST-IN-PEACE"
Earl & Hilda Swindell
July 30, 2017 | Glennville, GA