A lifelong resident of Laurens County, Mr. Crawford was a WWII veteran, having been wounded in combat while in Italy. He retired as Chief Deputy from the Laurens County Sheriff's Dept. Prior to his law enforcement career, he was a sales representative for Life and Casualty Insurance Company. He was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church where he had served in several roles, Including deacon and Sunday School teacher. He was a member of the Brewerton Lodge 183 A.F.M, He will be remembered as a loving and dedicated husband, father, grandfather, and brother. In addition to his enduring love of family, his life attested to a love for his church, his fellow man, baseball, quality hunting dogs, and a good story.
Surviving are his wife of 63 years, Teressa, of the home; one son, Larry H. Crawford and his wife Geri of West Columbia; three daughters, Rachel Dunlap and her husband, Jerry of Piedmont; Carol Cantrell and her husband, Bob of Anderson and Jean Powell and her husband, Larry of Ware Shoals; one brother, James Crawford of Johnston; two sisters, Mrs. Edna Nichols and Wilma Parnell, both of Columbia; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 3 P.M. Saturday at Poplar Springs Baptist Church with Rev. Todd Horton and Horace Benjamin officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 P.M. Saturday at Poplar Springs Baptist Church. Memorials may be made to Poplar Springs Baptist Church or HospiceCare of the Piedmont, 408 W. Alexander Ave., Greenwood, S.C. 29646.
May 18, 2001
The Index-Journal from Greenwood, South Carolina · Page 4
A lifelong resident of Laurens County, Mr. Crawford was a WWII veteran, having been wounded in combat while in Italy. He retired as Chief Deputy from the Laurens County Sheriff's Dept. Prior to his law enforcement career, he was a sales representative for Life and Casualty Insurance Company. He was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church where he had served in several roles, Including deacon and Sunday School teacher. He was a member of the Brewerton Lodge 183 A.F.M, He will be remembered as a loving and dedicated husband, father, grandfather, and brother. In addition to his enduring love of family, his life attested to a love for his church, his fellow man, baseball, quality hunting dogs, and a good story.
Surviving are his wife of 63 years, Teressa, of the home; one son, Larry H. Crawford and his wife Geri of West Columbia; three daughters, Rachel Dunlap and her husband, Jerry of Piedmont; Carol Cantrell and her husband, Bob of Anderson and Jean Powell and her husband, Larry of Ware Shoals; one brother, James Crawford of Johnston; two sisters, Mrs. Edna Nichols and Wilma Parnell, both of Columbia; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 3 P.M. Saturday at Poplar Springs Baptist Church with Rev. Todd Horton and Horace Benjamin officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 P.M. Saturday at Poplar Springs Baptist Church. Memorials may be made to Poplar Springs Baptist Church or HospiceCare of the Piedmont, 408 W. Alexander Ave., Greenwood, S.C. 29646.
May 18, 2001
The Index-Journal from Greenwood, South Carolina · Page 4
Family Members
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James Robert Crawford
1913–2005
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Pauline Crawford
1916–1916
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Charles Herman Crawford Sr
1918–1997
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Gordon Crawford
1920–1920
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Thomas Harold Crawford
1920–1977
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Telford Boyce Crawford
1922–1999
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Mazie Crawford Jennings
1924–1998
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Milton Clary "Mitch" Crawford
1927–1992
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Edna Lee Crawford Nichols
1929–2017
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Wilma Crawford Parnell
1931–2018
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