Obituary of Gracie Crawford Hire, Richland Parish, LA
Submitted by Betty Jean Weems Neathery
Newspaper clipping from THE NEWS-STAR, Monroe, LA dated 1/23/1994


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GRACIE CRAWFORD HIRE
Brown-Holley Funeral Home, Rayville, LA.

START, LA - Services for Gracie Crawford Hire, 80, of Start will be at
10:00 a.m. Monday, January 24, 1994 at Brown-Holley Funeral Home Chapel
in Rayville with Rev. Lee Thomas and Rev. Shelton Morgan officiating.
Burial will be in Start Cemetery in Start.

Mrs. Hire died Saturday, January 22, 1994 at Richardson Medical Center
Following a lengthy illness.

Mrs. Hire was a member of Saint Micheals Catholic Church in Biloxi, MS.
She was preceded in death by her son, Billie James Nobles and her
granddaughter Lana Laverne Parker.

Survivors include her daughter: Nobie Parker Blackmon of Start; two
sons: Willie Ray Nobles, Sr. and Russell Huey Nobles both of Start;
sister: Ela Mae Cornelius of Gautier, MS; six grandchildren: James L.
Parker of San Francisco, CA, Trudy Parker Edwards of Biloxi, MS, Tina
Nobles Silk of Rayville, Betty Ann Crawford of Oak Ridge, Willie Ray
Nobles, Jr. and Michael Nobles both of Start; several great-grand-
children, nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Steve Crawford, Samuel Crawford, Howard Cox, Jakie
Lee Henry, Mike Nobles and Chris Tarver.

Visitation will be from 4:00 until 9:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral
home.

Submitter's Notes: Gracie "Dub" Crawford Nobles Hire, the daughter of
James Andrew Crawford and L. Savannah Boyd Crawford, was born October
21, 1913, in Mangham, Richland Parish, LA.