Lubbock- C. L. Montgomery, M. D.

Dr. Clifford Lawrence ("Larry") Montgomery passed on Saturday night, January 12, 2019 in Lubbock, Texas after a brief illness. He was born December 6, 1928 in Waco, Texas to Dr. Clifford Marvin Montgomery and Almyra Stanford Montgomery. Larry married Martha Ann Gustafson November 4, 1951 in Austin, Texas. They met during his first year in Medical School.

A 1954 graduate of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, he interned at the Naval Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina and was designated a Naval Flight Surgeon in Pensacola, Florida. After a tour of active duty in the United States Navy Medical Corp, he settled In Lubbock, Texas and practiced medicine for 32 years. He then joined the Texas Tech Medical School as a faculty member and administrator.

Dr. Montgomery was a Diplomat of the American Board of Family Practice and a Charter Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. He served on the faculty of the Texas Tech University Health Services Center as Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Health Organization Management. He previously served as Associate Dean of Continuing Medical Education and Community Affairs and was the Medical Director of the UMC Shallowater Clinic.

Dr. Montgomery devoted time in organized medicine to political and to legislative affairs. He served on his county society PAC and legislative committees, the TEXPAC Board of Directors and the Texas Medical Association Council on Legislative Activities. He was an American Medical Association delegate for Texas. He served on the AMPAC Board of Directors as a member and as Chairman. Dr. Montgomery served as President of the National Medical Veterans Society. Active in his community, Dr. Montgomery served on the United Way, was a Rotarian, and a Paul Harris Fellow. He was an avid golfer and after retirement, played golf almost daily.

He was a member of Shepherd King Lutheran Church where he served as a Church Council member, secretary, and chairperson. He taught Adult Sunday School Class for more than 20 years.

He will be interred at the United States Military Cemetery at Santa Fe, New Mexico.

He is survived by his wife of 67 years- Martha A. Montgomery, his son Dr. John L. Montgomery and Cori Snobble, daughter Mary W. and Phil Wilson, and son Matthew S. Montgomery and Dell Montgomery. There are 6 grandchildren: Casey and Amanda Wilson, Leila and Arden Montgomery, Anicia and Allyson Montgomery, and 2 great grandsons: Tanner Montgomery and Oliver Plowman.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Clifford and Almyra Montgomery, his sister Helen Osborne, and brothers Marshall Wright and John Marvin Montgomery.

There will be an open visitation at Sanders Funeral Home Thursday, January 17, 2019 and the memorial service will be held Friday, January 18, 2019 10:00 am at Shepherd King Lutheran Church in Lubbock.

Suggested memorials can be sent to the Navajo Lutheran Mission care of Shepherd King Lutheran Church, 2122 18th Street, Lubbock, Texas 79401.

Larry was a dedicated and caring doctor and a loving husband and father. He will be missed greatly.