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Samuel Victor “Vic” Crawford
20 Sep 1920 – 23 Feb 2016
| Birth | 20 Sep 1920 |
| Death | 23 Feb 2016 |
| Cemetery | Natchez City Cemetery Natchez , Adams County , Mississippi , USA |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158768631 |
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Graveside services for Samuel Victor Crawford, 95, formerly of Natchez, who died Tuesday, February 23, 2016 in Alexandria, LA, will be at 1:00 p.m. Monday, March 7, 2016 at Natchez City Cemetery with the Rev. Russell Wagoner officiating. Burial will follow at the cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home. Samuel Victor Crawford was the son of Samuel Cook Crawford and Rachel Victoria Seal Crawford. He was born in Franklin Parish, LA on September 20, 1920. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Edna Roberta Sandifer Crawford, one daughter, Margaret Patricia Bates Smith, eleven siblings, W. M. Crawford, F. A. Crawford, Dell C. Meadows. Margaret C. Stetson, Addie B. C. Reed, Ernestine C. Smithe, John H. Crawford, Sophie C. Haley, Flora C. Eschenburg, Anna C. Krause, Maxine C. Cox. Survivors include two sons: Thomas Eugene Bates and wife, Carol, of Oxford, MS and Reginald Victor Crawford of Ben Wheeler, TX; granddaughter: Anita Jolene Bates Andrews and husband, Jackie, of Chatham, LA; great granddaughter: Caroline Brooke Wells of West Monroe, LA; great great granddaughter: Ana Brooke Wells of West Monroe, LA; grandson: Michael Cates and wife, Shannon, of Evans, LA; great grandsons: Lucas and Boden Cates of Evans; he is also survived by many nieces and nephews including Larry Crawford of Sicily Island, LA, Vicki Costanza of Harrisonburg, LA, Joan McLemore and Bill Lambert of Natchez. Vic served in the U. S. Navy from 1942 – 1946. He resumed his career with the Illinois Central Railroad Company when he returned from service. He eventually became a locomotive engineer, a position he held for many years. Vic was an avid hunter and had great tales to tell about quail hunts, rabbit hunts, and deer hunting. He had a great love for beagles and bird dogs. In fact, as a young man, he owned a national champion bird dog, Morpheus Mike. Vic was an avid equestrian all of his life, collecting many accolades along the way. Among them being two time president of the Mississippi Paint Horse Association, national accredited paint horse judge, one time judge at national paint horse show, organizing paint horse shows from the Dixie National in Jackson, MS to Cherry Grove Plantation in Natchez. He raised many top quality horses, two of which achieved champion and world champion status.
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- William Marcus "Dub" Crawford 1899–1949
- Infant Son Crawford 1901–1901
- Franklin Adolphus "Bud" Crawford 1902–1985
- Eva Dell Crawford Meadows 1903–1991
- Addie Bell Crawford Reed 1905–1980
- John Henry Crawford 1909–1995
- Sophie C. Crawford Haley 1910–2002
- Flora Crawford Eschenburg 1912–2004
- Helen Maxine Crawford Cox 1923–1997
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