Berrien County GaArchives Obituaries.....Cranford, W. R. "Bill" September 21, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Shirley McMillan Durden http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006039 July 31, 2014, 7:19 pm The Berrien Press - October 3, 2007 -- W. R. "Bill" Cranford, 88, of Enigma died September 21, 2007 at his residence. Born October 29, 1918 in Dooly County to the late L.S. and Lennie Seago Cranford, he was a retired meat inspector for the State of Georgia. He served as mayor of Enigma for ten years, was a Mason and a Shriner, and a fishing guide on the Suwannee River Flats in Florida. He was a WWII veteran. Survivors include his wife, Martha Cranford of Enigma; two step-sons, Danny Smith of Sylvester and Harris Smith of Tifton; two daughters, Patricia Hale of Enigma and Barbara Blanchard Stephens of Tifton; two brothers, D. Cranford of Ashburn and Merrill Cranford of Griffin; a sister, Gladys Mixon of Lovejoy; four grandchildren, Steve Hale, Shelia Cooper and Mark Blanchard, all of Enigma and Randy Blanchard of Dallas, TX; nine great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held September 24 at 3 p.m. in the chapel of Bowen- Donaldson Home for Funeral with the Revs. Pete Jones and Jackie Connell officiating. Interment was in Enigma Cemetery. Pallbearers were Larry Crumley, O.D. Owens, Darwin Walker, Cecil Giddens, Leroy Little, Jimmy Akins. Men of Enigma Baptist Church served as honorary pallbearers. Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals was in charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/berrien/obits/c/cranford4034nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb