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Submitted: 5/28/21 • Approved: 5/29/21 • Last Updated: 6/1/21 • R422328-G422328-S3
Arthur J.
July 6, 1871-June 12, 1952
Rachel A.
July 12, 1877-July 13, 1961
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Arthur J.
Borger News Herald - June 16, 1952
The body of John Crawford, 81, missing from his home since early Thursday morning and the object of several intensive local searches, involving hundreds of volunteer horseback, foot, automobile and airborne searchers, was found 3 p.m. Sunday by two local youths, Buford Bullard and Dean Serman.
Crawford, resident of Borger since 1926, was dead when found in the canyon east of the Borger-Phillips road on the Coble lease. A 35-man posse, the third group to scour the area around Borger since Crawford's disappearance, had looked all day Sunday without success when the boys discovered the body.
Judge C.C. McCasland returned a verdict of accidental death due to over-exertion and exposure, following a coroner's inquest into Crawford's death.
Crawford is survived by his wife, Mrs. A.J. Crawford, and two daughters, Mrs. Austin Collard, Borger, and Mrs. J.N. Creech of Midland; a son, Frank, who lives in Kansas; one brother, Otho, of Yoakum, Texas, three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Crawford came to Borger in 1926 as an oil field worker and has been retired for several years. He resided at 920 N. Harvey. He was a member of the Church of the Nazarene.
Services have been set for Tuesday, 4 p.m., in the Church of the Nazarene, with Rev. Amos R. Meador officiating. Pallbearers include Wayne Yarborough, E.L. Lantron, Joe Scherer, S.E. Newcomb, Jack Hulls and J.E. Ellis.
Interment will be in Highland Park Cemetery in Borger under the direction of Minton Funeral Home.
*Obituary Rachel
A resident of Borger since 1926, Rachel Anna Crawford, 84, died at 3:25 a.m. today at North Plains Hospital.
She was a member of the Church of Nazarene of Borger. Survivors include one son Frank Crawford, of Hugoton, Kansas; two daughters, Mrs. J.N. Creech of Midland and Mrs. Austin Collard of Borger; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Ford of Snyder and Mrs. Elizabe Effie Childers of Peacock; two brothers, James and Sidney Templeton both of Winters; eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Church of Nazarene with the Rev. Amos Meador, pastor, presiding.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Minton Funeral Home.
Casket bearers are Jack Hull, Keith Gore, Clyde Waite, Jack Coiner, E.L. Lantron and Ray Patton.
(Published in Borger News Herald - July 13, 1961)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Rachel Annie Crawford
Death Date: 13 Jul 1961
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 40863
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Rachel Annie Crawford
[Rachel Annie Templeton]
Birth Date: 12 Jul 1877
Birth Place: Grimes, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: J S Templeton
Mother: Sarah Frances King
Age at Death: 84
Death Date: 13 Jul 1961
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Contributed on 5/28/21
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Record #: 422328