IN LOVING MEMORY OF
James Cleveland
Crawford
August 7, 1931 – September 22, 2008
Obituary
Graveside services for Mr. James Cleveland Crawford, age 77 of the Tennessee Community in Shelby County, Texas, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, September 26, 2008 at Old Tennessee Cemetery with Brother Buddy Hall officiating under the direction of Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home. Mr. Crawford passed away on Monday morning, September 22, 2008 in San Augustine, Texas.
James Cleveland Crawford was born on August 7, 1931 in the Tennessee Community of Shelby County, Texas to Thomas Temon and Annie Mae Hodges Crawford. Mr. Crawford graduated from Tenaha High School with the class of 1952. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War from 1952-1953 and was awarded the Purple Heart. He was transferred to the Reserves in Alaska, serving with the 811th Signal Corp before being honorably discharged 1954. Having learned the trade of communications, Mr. Crawford started working in the civilian sector with Henkel & McCoy and then with GTE where he progressed through field communications to end up in engineering & facilities before retiring after 29 years of employment. He married Evangeline Ketterling Eaves in 1990. Mr. Crawford was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas Temon and Annie Mae Hodges Crawford; five brothers: Forest Elmo, Thomas Katlis, Marvin Joe, John Anderson, and Vester Lee; and four sisters, Nora Robinson, Ruby White, Mary Marie, and Jeannie Fay Crawford.
Mr. Crawford is survived by his wife of 18 years, Evangeline Crawford of Center; two sons, Arnold Crawford and wife Darlene of Baytown and Andrew Crawford and wife Joyce of Friendswood; two daughters, Annie Herndon and husband Ed of Ft Worth and Alice Rogers and husband William of Wichita Falls; eleven grandchildren, Christopher, Kyle, and Elizabeth Rogers, Travis and Marshall Herndon, Jennifer, James, Jessica, and Jolene Crawford, and Cameron and Clarke Crawford.
Serving as pallbearers are Mr. Crawford's grandsons, Christopher, Kyle, James, Cameron, Travis, and Marshall.
A guestbook may be signed online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com.
James Cleveland Crawford was born on August 7, 1931 in the Tennessee Community of Shelby County, Texas to Thomas Temon and Annie Mae Hodges Crawford. Mr. Crawford graduated from Tenaha High School with the class of 1952. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War from 1952-1953 and was awarded the Purple Heart. He was transferred to the Reserves in Alaska, serving with the 811th Signal Corp before being honorably discharged 1954. Having learned the trade of communications, Mr. Crawford started working in the civilian sector with Henkel & McCoy and then with GTE where he progressed through field communications to end up in engineering & facilities before retiring after 29 years of employment. He married Evangeline Ketterling Eaves in 1990. Mr. Crawford was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas Temon and Annie Mae Hodges Crawford; five brothers: Forest Elmo, Thomas Katlis, Marvin Joe, John Anderson, and Vester Lee; and four sisters, Nora Robinson, Ruby White, Mary Marie, and Jeannie Fay Crawford.
Mr. Crawford is survived by his wife of 18 years, Evangeline Crawford of Center; two sons, Arnold Crawford and wife Darlene of Baytown and Andrew Crawford and wife Joyce of Friendswood; two daughters, Annie Herndon and husband Ed of Ft Worth and Alice Rogers and husband William of Wichita Falls; eleven grandchildren, Christopher, Kyle, and Elizabeth Rogers, Travis and Marshall Herndon, Jennifer, James, Jessica, and Jolene Crawford, and Cameron and Clarke Crawford.
Serving as pallbearers are Mr. Crawford's grandsons, Christopher, Kyle, James, Cameron, Travis, and Marshall.
A guestbook may be signed online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com.
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