Bossier-Caddo County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Crawford, William, Thomas, Crawford August 7, 1925
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Shreveport Times August 8, 1925
W. T. CRAWFORD, POLICE JUROR DIES
CIVIC LEADER DIES
[PICTURE]
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN DIES OF BRIEF ILLNESS IN COLORADO
	Captain William Thomas Crawford of 4320 Fairfield Ave., 67 years old, 
one of Louisiana's most prominent business citizens, died at Glenwood Springs, 
Colo. friday evening at 6 o'clock, following an illness of a few hours, 
according to telegram received by relatives in Shreveport.
	News of Captain Crawford's illness was first received Friday morning 
at 10 o'clock, when a  telegram was received stating that he was very ill. A 
second wire was received stating that the illness was due to indigestion, and 
that the paitent was virtually restored. Friday night at 7 o'clock, news of 
Captain Crawford's death was received.
	BODY TO BE RECEIVED TUESDAY
	Funeral arrangements have no yet been completed, but it is expected 
that the body will arrive in Shreveport Tuesday morning.
	Captain Crawford left Shreveport July 28?, for Glenwood Springs, where 
Mrs. Crawford, his daughter, Mrs. James Meriwether, his daughter-in-law, Mrs. 
Ed. J. Crawford, and four grandchildren were spending the....
	(continued on page seven) (continued from page one) W. T. CRAWFORD, 
LEADER, DEAD
	....summer. Captain Crawford planned to return to Shreveport August 15.
	Ed J. Crawford, of 4810 Fairfield Avenue, son of Captain Crawford, and 
his son-in-law James E. Meriwether of 4330 Fairfield avenue, left Shreveport 
at 12:05 o'clock for Pueblo, Colo., where they will join the funeral party 
returning to Shreveport.
	Captain Crawford is survived by his wife, Mrs. Trala Jacobs Crawford, 
daughter of the late Edward Jacobs, organizer and first president at the First 
National bank; a son, Ed J. Crawford, and a daughter, Mrs. James Meriwether, 
four grandchildren, James M. Meriwether, Jr., Lola Meriwether, Ed J. Crawford, 
Jr, and Marian Crawford. He also had a brother in South Carolina.
	BORN IN BOSSIER PARISH
	Captain Crawford was born at Rocky Mount in Bossier parish, November 
8, 1857. While quite young, his parents returned to their orignal home in 
Columbia. S. C. where he spent his boyhood. At the age of 27, he came to 
Shreveport and entered the employ of the Hicks Company, Ltd., as cotton 
classer and accountant.
	As a business man he was successful and promotion followed rapidly. 
Captain Crawford remained with the Hicks company for almost twelve years and 
then with John Jenkins and the late James Booth, the [they] organized the 
firm, Crawford, Jenkins and Booth, of which he was president. When Crawford, 
Jenkins and Booth added their motor department about five years ago, Captain 
Crawford was also placed at the head of that branch.
	At the time of his death he was the president of the First National 
Bank, president of the Crawford, Jenkins and Booth interests, president of the 
Louisiana State LIfe Insurance company, vice president of the Shreveport 
Railways company and treasurer of the Genevieve Orphanage on Olive street.
	For several years he was actively identified with the Shreveport 
baseball club in both the Southern and Texas league.
	His love for nature and out of doors sports and the esteem in which 
his comrades held him is evidenced by the office he held, as president of the 
Jeems Bayou fishing and hunting club.
	The title of "captain" was bestowed on him years ago when he was 
commander of the Shreveport home guard company.
	Captain Crawford was a member of the Caddo Lodge of the Masonic 
fraternity.
	Captain Crawford married, January ?? 1894, Miss Trala Jacobs, daughter 
of the late Edward Jacobs, organizer and first president of the First National 
bank.
	

Additional Comments:
Captain William Thomas Crawford is son of William Thomas Crawford, who 
(despite obituary) is buried in Rocky Mount Cemetery, Bossier Parish, 
Louisiana.

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