Biography of Charles Edward Crawley Sr, St Francis County, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Paul V Isbell Date: 19 Nov 2008 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** Crawley-Cogburn Clinic, the successor to the Laughrun Clinic, the first in Forrest City, is modern, well-equipped and staffed with thoroughly-trained nurses. Its laboratory and x-ray facilities are on a par with any other clinic of its size in Arkansas. Dr. Crawley was born in Memphis on Oct. 10, 1921, the son of the late Henry K. and Josie L. (Ratliff) Crawley. A graduate of Messick High School, he attended Memphis State College and received his M. D. Degree at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis in 1945. The following year he began his career in Forrest City. On Nov. 24, 1945, he married Miss Nina Wadsworth, daughter of Rev. L. R. and the late Eddie (Bibb) Wadsworth, of Ripley, Tenn., and to this union have been born two daughters and two sons. A member of First Methodist Church, the St. Francis County Medical Association, Arkansas State Medical Society, Amercian Medical Association. SOURCE: HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher -Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas