Mr. Dick Cranford

September 11, 1932 - May 13, 2019

Funeral services for Mr. Dick Cranford, 86, of Carthage, Texas will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at the Hawthorn Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Dale Reed, Bro. Scott Reeves, and Rev. Blackie Cranford officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery in Garrison, Texas under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Visitation will be 5-7:00 p.m. Tuesday night at the funeral home. Mr. Travis Eugene “Dick” Cranford was born September 11, 1932 in Garrison, Texas. He passed this life May 13, 2019 in Carthage, Texas. Dick was the youngest of three children born to the marriage of Thomas Preston and Fannie Aria Crump Cranford. He was raised and schooled in Nacogdoches graduating with the high school class of 1949. He married Beverly Ann Cox in April 5, 1952 the same year he enlisted to serve his country in the U. S. Army until 1955. Mr. Cranford would work 26 years for Panola Motors. He was a lifetime member of the VFW and oldest member of the American Legion. He is preceded in death by his brothers, James Troy “Mutt”, and Thomas Mack Cranford; and a grandson, Stephen Cranford. Mr. Cranford is survived by his children, Robbie Wedgeworth and husband WA, Danny Cranford and wife Michelle; grandchildren, Cody Freeman and husband Brent, Travis Lee “T.C.” Cranford, Shannon Davis and wife Crystal, Alysha Cockerham and husband Shane, and Trevor Wedgeworth; great grandchildren, Cohen Harper, and Ellie Brooks Cockerham, Brylee Davis, Caleb Wedgeworth, Jesse Cranford, Cayleb, Gavyn, and Jaydence Byrd; numerous nieces, nephews and a host of friends.