Clifton "Paw Paw" Deckard, 81, went to be with the Lord on May 31, 2010. He was born on May 28, 1929 in Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee to the late Virgil and Cora Jane West Deckard. He was a member of the Fleet Reserve Association of Milton, Florida; member of the 16-Santa Rosa County Florida F & A.M. Masonic Lodge; member of the Scottish Rite and the York Rite Shrine Temple; member of the IBEW Electricians Union; retired from the St. Regis Paper Mill in Cantonement, Florida; member of the Bay City American Legion Post #11, and retired from U. S. Navy after 20 years of service. Formerly of Milton, Florida, moved to Van Vleck in 2001 to be near his family. Survived by his daughter Cathy Deckard Boone & husband James; step-daughter Sandy Lewis & husband Elmer; grandsons, Staff Sergeant Steven Deckard Boone of Spangdahlem, Germany, Andrew Clifton Deckard, Sr. and wife Julie of Van Vleck; one great-grandson, Andrew Clifton Deckard, Jr.; three sisters Louise Cox of Indianapolis, Indiana; Mable Davis of Cleveland, Ohio, and Joyce Emmert of Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee, and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation will be, Thursday from 6-9P.M. at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home. The funeral service will be Friday, June 4, 2010 at 11:00 A.M. at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home with Pastor Bobby Williams officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park with V.F.W. and Masonic graveside.