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Mrs Elizabeth Pearl “Mama Bess” <I>Danforth</I> Crawford

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Mrs Elizabeth Pearl “Mama Bess” Danforth Crawford

Birth
McKinney, Collin County, Texas, USA
Death
12 May 1929 (aged 53)
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
Burial
Del Rio, Val Verde County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
10, 14A
Memorial ID
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Daughter of Josiah Greenleaf Danforth and Priscilla A. Sanders.

MRS. CRAWFORD IS BURIED IN DEL RIO MONDAY AFTERNOON
Died in Home of Sister In El Paso Sunday Morning
After a lingering illness Mrs. H. C. Crawford, beloved woman of this city, died at the home of her sister, Mr. H. A Norris in El Paso at 1:30 Sunday morning. The body arrived here Monday morning and the funeral was held that afternoon. Services were held in the St. James' Episcopal Church, being in charge of the rector, the Rev. F. H. Stallknecht, and the Rev. Herbert G. Markley, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Interment occurred in the Masonic Cemetery under the direction of the Doran Funeral Home.

Pall bears were: A. McDougald, W. G. Muter, J. G. Smith, W. E. Pound, Judge W. F. Boggess and B. G. Stafford.

Mrs. Crawford was 53 years, two months and 21 days old, and is survived by her husband and two daughtes, Mrs. Allie Clark and Mrs. J. M. Maddux, both of Del Rio; one brother George D. Danforth, Hammond, Ind.; three sisters, Mrs. J. F. Goldsmith, Springfield, Mo.; Mrs. George Leonard, San Antonio, and Mrs. H. A. Norris, El Paso.

A few weeks ago Mrs. Crawford was taken to the home of her sister in El Paso, and it was hoped that the climate there would benefit her health. For a time she seemed to improve, but a week or two ago there was a decline, and she gradually sank until her death occurred last Sunday.

Mrs. Crawford was an exceptional worman in many ways. For years she conducted the East Side Hospital and while there worked day and night to care for the unfortunates that came under her charge. Although in ill health the last few years she continued with the work and was never heard to complain. No one in Del Rio has ever done more for the cause of those in ill health. For these hundreds of kind acts she was loved by the entire city, and some weeks ago when it became known that she was in extrememly ill health, there was universal sorrow.

Tributes of friends and expressions of sympathy and sorrow by the two ministers of the city attested to the high esteem in which Mrs. Crawford was held by the entire city.
Daughter of Josiah Greenleaf Danforth and Priscilla A. Sanders.

MRS. CRAWFORD IS BURIED IN DEL RIO MONDAY AFTERNOON
Died in Home of Sister In El Paso Sunday Morning
After a lingering illness Mrs. H. C. Crawford, beloved woman of this city, died at the home of her sister, Mr. H. A Norris in El Paso at 1:30 Sunday morning. The body arrived here Monday morning and the funeral was held that afternoon. Services were held in the St. James' Episcopal Church, being in charge of the rector, the Rev. F. H. Stallknecht, and the Rev. Herbert G. Markley, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Interment occurred in the Masonic Cemetery under the direction of the Doran Funeral Home.

Pall bears were: A. McDougald, W. G. Muter, J. G. Smith, W. E. Pound, Judge W. F. Boggess and B. G. Stafford.

Mrs. Crawford was 53 years, two months and 21 days old, and is survived by her husband and two daughtes, Mrs. Allie Clark and Mrs. J. M. Maddux, both of Del Rio; one brother George D. Danforth, Hammond, Ind.; three sisters, Mrs. J. F. Goldsmith, Springfield, Mo.; Mrs. George Leonard, San Antonio, and Mrs. H. A. Norris, El Paso.

A few weeks ago Mrs. Crawford was taken to the home of her sister in El Paso, and it was hoped that the climate there would benefit her health. For a time she seemed to improve, but a week or two ago there was a decline, and she gradually sank until her death occurred last Sunday.

Mrs. Crawford was an exceptional worman in many ways. For years she conducted the East Side Hospital and while there worked day and night to care for the unfortunates that came under her charge. Although in ill health the last few years she continued with the work and was never heard to complain. No one in Del Rio has ever done more for the cause of those in ill health. For these hundreds of kind acts she was loved by the entire city, and some weeks ago when it became known that she was in extrememly ill health, there was universal sorrow.

Tributes of friends and expressions of sympathy and sorrow by the two ministers of the city attested to the high esteem in which Mrs. Crawford was held by the entire city.


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