Virgil (Bud) Stafford, 82, died at his son’s home in Prineville on Jan. 15, 2010.
He was born Oct. 31, 1927 in Versailles, Mo., to William “Buck” Stafford and Minnie Rachel Swearengin. He joined the Army in 1945.
He married and moved to Sweet Home with his family in 1951 where he started logging. He logged around the Sweet Home area for many years.
He moved to Bend in 1987 and then to Prineville, where…