Obit of McCraw, Gussie Mae - McCurtain County, Oklahoma

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::Hillcrest Memorial Park--Bakersfield CA

Gussie Mae McCraw "Pete" 7/31/1916  9/5/2002

Graveside services will be held Monday, Sept. 9, 11:00 a.m., at 
Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary for Gussie Pete McCraw, who passed 
away September 5, at home.

Long-time Bakersfield res-ident, Pete was born in Broken Bow, OK, of 
Indian heritage. Aunt Pete, as she was known to friends and family, 
was a gentle and loving spirit. Petey and her family came to 
California from Oklahoma in 1935. She married John McCraw from North 
Carolina. They loved their traveling and fishing trips. Although she 
slowed down in later years, she was always up to visiting with 
friends and family. Petey loved her family and they loved her feisty, 
tell it like it is personality.

Petey is preceded in death by her parents, Gus and Edna McCants; 
husband, John McCraw; brother, Bill McCants; son, Marrs Butch Crow. 
She is survived by sons, Lloyd H. Crow (Pamela),  Ronnie McCraw 
(Donna), of Bakersfield; sisters, Cora Dude Brookshear (Cecil), Pico 
Rivera, CA, Fern Bess (David), Stockton, CA; brothers, Hershal 
McCants (Irma), Marina del Ray, CA, Delbert McCants, Bakersfield; 
numerous nieces, nephews, grandchildren, great-grandchildren.

Visitation begins Sunday, 1-5 p.m., at Hillcrest Memorial Park & 
Mortuary.
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