Roy L. CRAWFORD

CRAWFORD, WILLIAMS, KOETHE, NOLAN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 12/27/2009 at 12:17:01

January 2, 1928 -- June 4, 2000

Roy L. Crawford, age 72, of Russellville died Sunday, June 4, 2000, at St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. A son of the late Rev. Daniel Morton Crawford and Sarah Williams Crawford, he was born January 2, 1928, in Amsterdam, Missouri. He graduated from high school in Homer City, Pennsylvania and served in the U.S. Army for two years as a trombonist in the 158th Army Band at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He received a degree in Music Education from the University of Dubuque and taught music in the Iowa public schools before owning and operating a variety store in Clarion, Iowa for 25 years. He moved to Russellville in 1978 and was the owner of Crawford Insurance Agency in Ola, Arkansas until his retirement in 1992. He was a Scottish Rite Mason and former Grand Master. He was an active member of First United Methodist Church and a member of the Russellville Noon Rotary Club, having received the distinction of Paul Harris Fellow for this work in the Rotary Youth Exchange Program. He is survived by his wife, Shirley Koethe Crawford; one son, Rodney Crawford of Allen, Texas; one daughter, Linda Faye Nolan of Russellville; one brother, Harvey Crawford of Amsterdam, Missouri; two grandchildren, Meridith Leigh and Daniel Lee Crawford, both of Allen, Texas;

The body was cremated. Memorial service will be at 2 P.M., Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. G. Mackey Yokem and Rev. Stanley Crawford officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Clarion Memorial Cemetery in Clarion, Iowa. Arrangements are by Shinn Funeral Service. The family will receive friends following the memorial service at the church.