Harold Crawford Jr.

HAROLD CRAWFORD JR. 82, OF COPPERAS COVE DIED MONDAY MAY 30 IN A TEMPLE HOSPITAL. HAROLD WAS BORN JULY 13, 1928 IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA TO THE UNION OF ELBERT AND NOBIE CRAWFORD. HE SERVED WITH THE US ARMY AND DURING THE KOREAN WAR. HIS MEDALS INCLUDES MARKSMANSHIP BADGE RIFLE M-1. GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL(2d AWARD), SHARPSHOOTER BADGE TRAINFIRE I, EXPERT BADGE(CARBINE) BASIC MISSILEMANS BADGE W/COMP BAR. HE RETIRED AS A STAFF SGT. AFTER TWENTY YEARS OF SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY. HE MARRIED PATRICIA WHELAN MARCH 17, 1966 IN GERMANY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE PATRICIA CRAWFORD OF COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS DAUGHTERS, MELODY SLUDER AND HUSBAND DINO OF LAMPASAS, TEXAS MARIE METHENY AND HUSBAND JOHN OF LAMPASAS, TEXAS SON, KEITH CRAWFORD OF SOUTH CAROLINA SISTER, ELLEN MCCOMBS OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA BROTHER, JOHNNY CRAWFORD OF SOUTH CAROLINA FIVE GRANDCHILDREN JOHNNY LEE SLUDER, JIMMY LEE SLUDER, DAVID LEE CRAWFORD, JENNA CISNEROZ AND MATTHEW CISNEROZ. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD 11 AM MONDAY JUNE 6, 2011 AT THE CRAWFORD FAMILY CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF SHEPPARD FUNERAL HOME. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY 1700 LAKE SUCCESS WACO, TEXAS 76710. DIRECTIONS TO THE CEMETERY GO HWY 190 WEST TOWARD LAMPASAS FROM BLINKING LIGHT IN KEMPNER GO 2.7 MILES TURN RIGHT ON FM 1715 GO 3.8 MILES TO CR 3070 TURN LEFT ON 3070 GO .1 TENTH TURN RIGHT ON 3071 GO .4 TENTH DRIVE STRAIGHT THRU GATE WITH BLACK RIBBON BEAR LEFT AND THEN RIGHT GO TO TRAILER HOUSE WHICH WILL BE ON YOUR RIGHT TURN RIGHT TO CEMETERY.