Obituaries: Nace B. Crawford, Sr., 1973, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 14, 1973 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Rev. Crawford, Winn Native, Dies In Texas

The Rev. Nace B. Crawford, 70, Palestine, Texas, died Friday morning, November
9, 1973, in Palestine after a lengthy illness.

Funeral services were held Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Methodist Church of
Palestine.

A native of Winnfield, Rev. Crawford was a retired Methodist minister of the
Texas Conference.  He had worked in several north Louisiana cities.

The Rev. Mr. Crawford served 13 years as superintendent of the Methodist
facility in Palestine, retiring in 1972.

Before going to Lakeview, he was superintendent of the Galveston District of
the church.

He also had been pastor of churches in Boling, Teague, Mineola, and Pasadena
as well as serving on the Lufkin and Huntington circuits.

He had been a wholesale drug company sales manager, a Boy Scout executive, and
an attorney before becoming a Methodist minister.

He was a member of Jacksonville's Lon Morris College board and a graduate of
Stephen F. Austin College in Nacogdoches.

Survivors include his widow; two sons, Nace B. Crawford, Jr., of Washington,
D. C., and the Rev. Jim Crawford of Nederland, Tex.; two daughters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Wallace of Las Cruces, N. M., and Mrs. Judy Giles of Houston, Tex.;
his mother, Mrs. J. H. Crawford of West Monroe; one brother, Harry T. Crawford
of Shreveport; four sisters, Mrs. May Becker of Baton Rouge, Mrs. Ava White of
West Monroe, Mrs. Mamie Fields of Opelousas, and Mrs. Mildred Amey of
Doyline; and 10 grandchildren.