Location: P-Higginbotham

Born: April 30, 1918 Bosque County, Texas

Died: July 12, 1978 Temple, Bell County, Texas

Parents:
Robert Lee Croford (1879 – 1954)
Mary Elizabeth Eckols Croford (1884 – 1953)

Siblings:
Mintus Clemons Crawford (1904 – 1976)
Ina Myrtle Crawford Cottongame (1905 – 1982)
Mae Belle Croford Schoonover (1907 – 1993)
Willie Rose Crawford Shafer (1910 – 1959)
Thomas Forest Croford (1912 – 1997)
Suddie B Croford Toten (1916 – 1995)
Wesley Udell Crawford (1920 – 1974)
Orville Douglas Croford (1930 – 1975

Robert (Bob) Croford, 60, of Hillsboro died early Wednesday morning in a Temple Hospital.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today in Wilkirson-Hatch Chapel, the Rev. Randall Cottongame officiating. Burial will be in China Spring Cemetery.
Mr. Crawford was born in Bosque County and attended schools in Smith Bend and McCown Valley. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of Harmony Baptist Church in Corsicana.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Estelle Crawford; two daughters, Mrs. Linda Saulters of Riesel and Mrs. Beverly Spain of Oklahoma; two sons, Billy G. Crawford of Whitney and Larry Crawford of Riesel; three sisters, Mrs. J.R. Toten of Waco, Mrs. Bill Schoonover of Clifton and Mrs. Ina Cottongame of Corsicana; one brother, Tom Croford of China Spring and six grandchildren.
The family will be at the home of J.R. Toten.