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Submitted: 8/30/15 • Approved: 6/1/21 • Last Updated: 6/4/21 • R1095479-G1094698-S3
January 1, 1837 - September 25, 1916
Wife of Stanford R Crawford
*Obituary
Prairie Grove Herald
Thursday, September 29, 1916
Mrs. Malinda Crawford Died Monday Morning – At 4 o’clock Monday morning, September 25th, Mrs. Rebecca Malinda Crawford, widow of the late Stanford R. Crawford, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lev Beaty, near Viney Grove, after a lingering illness of several months of a complication of diseases.
The deceased was born in the neighborhood in which she lived, January 1st, 1837, and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Edmiston. On September 5th, 1855, she was united in marriage to Mr. Stanford Crawford and to this union were born four children, three of whom are living. The children are Mr. M.N. Crawford of Strang, Oklahoma, Mrs. Alta Taylor, wife of Mr. John Taylor of Prairie Grove and Mrs. Lilie Beaty, wife of Mr. Lev Beaty of Viney Grove. She is also survived by a number of grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Crawford professed faith in Christ at the age of 12 years, uniting with the Methodist Episcopal church, South, at Viney Grove and for 45 years was a devoted Christian. For over 40 years she was a Sunday School teacher and permitted nothing but sickness to keep her at home on the Sabbath day. She endured many hardships during the Civil war and after her home had been burned over her head and every thing she had carried off by the enemy, she with a sister-in-law rode horseback to Texas, she having on the horse with her a little ten year old son. The regiment to which her husband belonged was making quick marches and sometimes made no halt when night came on, she rested only when the soldiers did.
She was a loyal member of Prairie Grove Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy and loved to be engaged in the work of defending the cause of the Confederate soldier. Her last illness began in July and until the last three days of her life, she was cheerful, full of faith of something better beyond and spoke to her loved ones often of the peace and joy that faith brought her, and three days before the end came, sang with a clear voice several of the old sweet songs she loved so well. Her life went out like the closing of a fragrant flower, leaving its perfume in the pathway of others. She will be greatly missed in her home, in her community and in her church.
The funeral services were held from the C.P. Church Monday afternoon and she was laid to rest by the side of her husband in the Prairie Grove Cemetery. Her pastor, Rev. Ruble, assisted by Rev. F.R. Hamilton, conducted the service, which was attended by a large concourse of friends.
Contributed on 8/30/15 by judyfrog
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