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Ammons is principally remembered as "the father of Toledo Bend Reservoir", a large recreational and power complex on the Louisiana/[[Texas]] border.<ref name=sbindx>{{cite web|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YE0afeGzItoJ:files.usgwarchives.net/la/sabine/newspapers/sindex01.txt+C.R.+Cliff+Ammons+of+Many,+LA&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|title=Headlines from the ''Sabine Index''|publisher=webcache.googleusercontent.com|accessdate=December 24, 2010}}</ref> Toledo Bend encompasses parts of four counties in Texas as well as Sabine and De Soto parishes in Louisiana. It is the largest lake in Texas and the largest waterway of its kind on the borders of Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rot04|title=Toledo Bend Reservoir|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=January 2, 2011}}</ref>Lake Pontchartrain in southeastern Louisiana is much larger in area, but it is a brackish estuary and not a true lake

Ammons is principally remembered as "the father of Toledo Bend Reservoir", a large recreational and power complex on the Louisiana/[[Texas]] border.<ref name=sbindx>{{cite web|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YE0afeGzItoJ:files.usgwarchives.net/la/sabine/newspapers/sindex01.txt+C.R.+Cliff+Ammons+of+Many,+LA&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|title=Headlines from the ''Sabine Index''|publisher=webcache.googleusercontent.com|accessdate=December 24, 2010}}</ref> Toledo Bend encompasses parts of four counties in Texas as well as Sabine and De Soto parishes in Louisiana. It is the largest lake in Texas and the largest waterway of its kind on the borders of Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rot04|title=Toledo Bend Reservoir|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=January 2, 2011}}</ref>Lake Pontchartrain in southeastern Louisiana is much larger in area, but it is a brackish estuary and not a true lake

==Background==​

==Background==

Ammons was born in [[rural]] Negreet in Sabine Parish, a son of Oriel Lee Ammons (1896–1968) and the former Velma Alford (1900–1992). After graduation from Negreet High School in 1935, he procured a Bachelor of Science degree from [[Louisiana State University]] at [[Baton Rouge]]. He also obtained a master's degree from Stephen F. Austin State University in [[Nacogdoches, Texas|Nacogdoches]] in east Texas.<ref name=cra>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38833805|title=Clifton R. "Cliff" Ammons|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 24, 2010}}</ref>  

 

Ammons was born in [[rural]] Negreet in Sabine Parish, a son of Oriel Lee Ammons (1896–1968) and the former Velma Alford (1900–1992). After graduation from Negreet High School in 1935, he procured a Bachelor of Science degree from [[Louisiana State University]] at [[Baton Rouge]]. He also obtained a master's degree from Stephen F. Austin State University in [[Nacogdoches]] in east Texas.<ref name=cra>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38833805|title=Clifton R. "Cliff" Ammons|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 24, 2010}}</ref>  

In 1940, he married the former Ethel Jeanne Matherne (1916–2002). She was originally from the Bayou Blue community near Houma in Terrebonne Parish, the daughter of Ellis Thomas and Ada E. Matherne. Their children are Dr. Dianna Drew Johnson of [[Memphis]],  [[Tennessee]], formerly Dr. Dianna D. Redburn of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas,<ref name=lwa>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38834032|title=Larry Wayne Ammons|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 24, 2010}}</ref> and Suzanne Jeanne Ammons, Robert Dale Ammons, and Kenneth Ellis Ammons, all of Many.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38833989|title=Ethel Jeanne Matherne Ammons|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 24, 2010}}</ref> The youngest son, Larry Wayne Ammons (1953–1993), died at the age of thirty-nine of heart complications in [[Lafayette]].<ref name=lwa/>​

In 1940, he married the former Ethel Jeanne Matherne (1916–2002). She was originally from the Bayou Blue community near Houma in Terrebonne Parish, the daughter of Ellis Thomas and Ada E. Matherne. Their children are Dr. Dianna Drew Johnson of [[Memphis]],  [[Tennessee]], formerly Dr. Dianna D. Redburn of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas,<ref name=lwa>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38834032|title=Larry Wayne Ammons|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 24, 2010}}</ref> and Suzanne Jeanne Ammons, Robert Dale Ammons, and Kenneth Ellis Ammons, all of Many.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38833989|title=Ethel Jeanne Matherne Ammons|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 24, 2010}}</ref> The youngest son, Larry Wayne Ammons (1953–1993), died at the age of thirty-nine of heart complications in [[Lafayette]].<ref name=lwa/>​