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Formby was born in McAdoo in Dickens County, also in West Texas, to John C. Formby (1902–1989), a [[Rural Free Delivery]] carrier, and the former Willie Elsby (1903–1994).<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=December 20, 2009; under pay wall}}</ref> John and Willie married in 1922, and Clint was their only child. Clint Formby was the paternal grandson of Marshall Clinton Formby, Sr. (1877–1957) and the former Rosa Mae Freeman (1882–1971).<ref name=ssdi/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txdicken/mcadoo/formby_mc.htm|title=Biography: Mae and Marshall Formby|publisher=rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=December 21, 2009}}</ref> He attended public schools in Plainview in Hale County and then Dickens County, where he graduated in 1942 from McAdoo High School. He played [[basketball]], [[tennis]], and was quarterback on the six-man football team at McAdoo. He then began college at [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]].<ref name=obit/>​

Formby was born in McAdoo in Dickens County, also in West Texas, to John C. Formby (1902–1989), a [[Rural Free Delivery]] carrier, and the former Willie Elsby (1903–1994).<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=December 20, 2009; under pay wall}}</ref> John and Willie married in 1922, and Clint was their only child. Clint Formby was the paternal grandson of Marshall Clinton Formby, Sr. (1877–1957) and the former Rosa Mae Freeman (1882–1971).<ref name=ssdi/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txdicken/mcadoo/formby_mc.htm|title=Biography: Mae and Marshall Formby|publisher=rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=December 21, 2009}}</ref> He attended public schools in Plainview in Hale County and then Dickens County, where he graduated in 1942 from McAdoo High School. He played [[basketball]], [[tennis]], and was quarterback on the six-man football team at McAdoo. He then began college at [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]].<ref name=obit/>​

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However, he soon left college to enlist in the [[United States Army]]. He served as a staff sergeant and medic, having been attached to the 235th General Hospital in [[Marseille]],[[ France]]. He remained in [[Switzerland]] after the end of the war in April 1945 and attended the University of Basel in [[Basel]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/obituaries/2010-08-03/clint-formby?v=1280799061|title=Clint Formby obituary|publisher=The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=August 4, 2010}}</ref> After the war, he returned to Texas Tech where he met and married the first official Tech beauty queen, the former [[Margaret Formby|Margaret Clark]].<ref name=ssdi/> Margaret, who was reared on a ranch near Van Horn, Texas. She founded the [[National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame]], first in the Hereford library and later in a large modern building in [[Fort Worth]].<ref name=margaret>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/20/us/margaret-formby-73-dies-began-cowgirl-hall-of-fame.html|author=Douglas Martin|title=Margaret Formby, 73, Dies; Began Cowgirl Hall of Fame"|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=April 20, 2003|accessdate=December 20, 2009}}</ref> While a student at Texas Tech, Formby worked as a carpenter and painter during the summer of 1948 to help his maternal uncle, [[Marshall Formby]], construct KPAN AM in Hereford. Clint Formby's was the first voice carried on the new radio station when it went on the air on August 4, 1948, exactly sixty-two years to the date of his own funeral.<ref name=obit/>​

However, he soon left college to enlist in the [[United States Army]]. He served as a staff sergeant and medic, having been attached to the 235th General Hospital in [[Marseille]], [[France]]. He remained in [[Switzerland]] after the end of the war in April 1945 and attended the University of Basel in [[Basel]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/obituaries/2010-08-03/clint-formby?v=1280799061|title=Clint Formby obituary|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=August 4, 2010}}</ref> After the war, he returned to Texas Tech where he met and married the first official Tech beauty queen, the former [[Margaret Formby|Margaret Clark]].<ref name=ssdi/> Reared on a ranch near Van Horn, Texas, Margaret founded the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, first in the Hereford library and later in a large modern building in [[Fort Worth]].<ref name=margaret>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/20/us/margaret-formby-73-dies-began-cowgirl-hall-of-fame.html|author=Douglas Martin|title=Margaret Formby, 73, Dies; Began Cowgirl Hall of Fame"|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=April 20, 2003|accessdate=December 20, 2009}}</ref> While a student at Texas Tech, Formby worked as a carpenter and painter during the summer of 1948 to help his maternal uncle, [[Marshall Formby]], construct KPAN AM in Hereford. Clint Formby's was the first voice carried on the new radio station when it went on the air on August 4, 1948, exactly sixty-two years to the date of his own funeral.<ref name=obit/>​

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In addition to his business pursuits, Marshall Formby was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state senator, a state highway commissioner, and a 1962 gubernatorial candidate. Clint Formby was an older first cousin of state Senator [[Robert L. Duncan]], a [[Moderate Republican]] from Lubbock. Clint Formby practically grew up with Duncan's mother, Mae Robena Formby Duncan (1921–2009), his aunt who was only two years his senior.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/011809/obi_378551933.shtml|title=Robena Formy Duncan|publisher=The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal,'' January 18, 2009|accessdate=December 18, 2009}}</ref>​

In addition to his business pursuits, Marshall Formby was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state senator, a state highway commissioner, and a 1962 gubernatorial candidate. Clint Formby was an older first cousin of state Senator [[Robert L. Duncan]], a [[Moderate Republican]] from Lubbock. Clint Formby practically grew up with Duncan's mother, Mae Robena Formby Duncan (1921–2009), his aunt who was only two years his senior.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/011809/obi_378551933.shtml|title=Robena Formy Duncan|publisher=The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal,'' January 18, 2009|accessdate=December 18, 2009}}</ref>​

==Radio career==

==Radio career==

 

Clint and Margaret Formby lived for a time in Colorado City in Mitchell County north of [[San Angelo, Texas|San Angelo]], where they rented a garage apartment from attorney and future [[U.S. Representative]] George Herman Mahon (1900-1985). Formby established a radio station in Snyder in Scurry County and then began working on August 22, 1951, at his Uncle Marshall’s radio station in Hereford<ref name=obit/> for $47.50 per week. He became a partner in the station and eventually bought out his uncle. His persistent broadcasts, called "predictably unpredictable," touched on nearly any subject.<ref name=brickey/> He urged listeners to tip waiters and waitresses more generously. He refuses to reveal his political party preference, advising listeners that they should be able to tell his inclination from his commentaries.<ref name=brickey/>  

Formby and his wife lived for a time in Colorado City in Mitchell County north of [[San Angelo, Texas|San Angelo]], where they rented a garage apartment from attorney and future [[U.S. Representative]] George Herman Mahon (1900-1985). Formby established a radio station in Snyder in Scurry County and then began working on August 22, 1951, at his Uncle Marshall’s radio station in Hereford<ref name=obit/> for $47.50 per week. He became a partner in the station and eventually bought out his uncle. His persistent broadcasts, called "predictably unpredictable," touched on nearly any subject.<ref name=brickey/> He urged listeners to tip waiters and waitresses more generously. He refuses to reveal his political party preference, advising listeners that they should be able to tell his inclination from his commentaries.<ref name=brickey/>  

Once [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] contacted Formby to advise him that he would like to hear Formby speak at the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Hereford, filling in for the absent pastor, but Johnson was unsure if his plane could land in the small Hereford airport.<ref name=top>{{cite web|url=http://www.kpanradio.com/krew/oldphilo.htm|title=The Old Philosopher|publisher=kpanradio.com|accessdate=December 21, 2009}}</ref> About this time, Marshall Formby, the state highway commissioner, was seeking the Democratic [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nomination against Johnson’s presumed favorite and eventual winner, [[John Connally|John B. Connally, Jr.]] Clint Formby served as his uncle's campaign manager in the gubernatorial primary.<ref name=obit/>​

Once [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] contacted Formby to advise him that he would like to hear Formby speak at the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Hereford, filling in for the absent pastor, but Johnson was unsure if his plane could land in the small Hereford airport.<ref name=top>{{cite web|url=http://www.kpanradio.com/krew/oldphilo.htm|title=The Old Philosopher|publisher=kpanradio.com|accessdate=December 21, 2009}}</ref> About this time, Marshall Formby, the state highway commissioner, was seeking the Democratic [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nomination against Johnson’s presumed favorite and eventual winner, [[John Connally|John B. Connally, Jr.]] Clint Formby served as his uncle's campaign manager in the gubernatorial primary.<ref name=obit/>​