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Submitted: 10/28/09 • Approved: 2/19/16 • Last Updated: 2/22/16 • R251890-G251889-S3
Jeff 21 Apr 1914 - 29 Aug 1996
Esther 26 Sept 1918 - 22 Mar 2001 obituary
Married: 13 Mar 1937
Jeff the son of Elva B. and Effie M. (Sneed) Crafton; Esther the daughter of Oliver and Mary (Osborne) Watson
Crafton
CAVE CITY — Esther (Watson) Crafton, 82, of Cave City, died Thursday at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Born near Alicia, she was a homemaker and a member of the First Free Will Baptist Church in Cave City.
Survivors include two daughters, Glyndene Deaton of Cave City and Sharon Eagans of Strawberry; one brother, James W. Watson of Cave City; five sisters, Dovie Hodge of Gilmer, Texas, Opal Crownover of Batesville, Katherine Troutman of Brookland, Jean Tate of Cave City and Lora Carlin of Jefferson, La.; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jeff Crafton, and by one son, one daughter and one great-grandson.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Qualls Funeral Home in Cave City, with Hoover Lewis, Stanley Vandergriff and David Glover officiating. Burial will follow in Ward Cemetery at Strawberry.
Pallbearers will be Brett Morris, Billy Troutman, Randy Moody, Bill Callahan, Robert Watson and Jimmy Troy Crafton.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Courtesy of The Jonesboro Sun 24 Mar 2001
Contributed on 10/28/09 by denise.bratcher63
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