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SAREPTA, LA - Services for Mr. Lester R. Crawford, 83, of Sarepta will be held at 2 p.m. Monday March 14, at the New Sarepta Baptist Church where he was a member. Dr. Richard May will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Kenneth Everett. Burial will be in Old Sarepta Cemetery under the direction of Bailey Mortuary of Springhill.

Mr. Crawford died Saturday March 12, 1988, in Springhill after a long illness. A native of Karo, Texas, he had been a resident of Sarepta for the past 60 years. He was a retired employee of International Paper Co. with 29 years of service. He was a Veteran having served in the U.S. Army.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Agnes Houston Crawford on August 19, 1979.

He is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Dolores and John Gibbs, Lena and Bob Patterson, all of Sarepta; one son and daughter-in-law, Carl and Margaret Crawford of McAlister, N. Mex.; eight grandchildren, Donna Pine of Bossier City, David Burroughs of Haughton, La., Jerry Crawford and Debbie Stevens, both of Amarillo, Texas, Brenda Davidson of Arlington, Texas, Deborah Butterworth of Los Angeles, Calif., Joyce Wiggins of Sibley, La., Mae Hunter of Minden, La.; fourteen great-grandchildren; a host of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers: Dorman Chamblee, Charles Staten, E.L. Edwards, Wiley Corley, George Mullins, Robert Green.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on March 14, 1988)

Lester married Agnes Lee Houston 30 Jul 1927, Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA. Agnes (daughter of John Thomas Houston, M.D. and Hattie Jane Hollis) was born 20 Nov 1901, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 19 Aug 1979, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 21 Aug 1979, Old Sarepta Cemetery - Sarepta, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Dolores Gayle Crawford was born 2 Sep 1928, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 27 Aug 2017, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 2 Sep 2017, Old Sarepta Cemetery - Sarepta, Louisiana, USA.
2. Lena Vance Crawford was born 9 Sep 1931, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 15 Jul 2002, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 17 Jul 2002, Old Sarepta Cemetery - Sarepta, Louisiana, USA.
3. Carl Lester Crawford was born 21 Jan 1933, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 9 Aug 2010, Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, USA; was buried 11 Aug 2010, Tucumcari Memorial Park - Tucumcari, New Mexico, USA.