COMMERCE – Rev. Harold Crawford, 84, passed away Saturday, September. 12, 2015.
He was a graduate of the Immanuel Baptist Theological Seminary and held an associate degree in Bible. He was a graduate of Mercer University with a special certificate in advanced certificate in Christian education. He served as Pastor of the Center Baptist Church and Community Baptist Church and was chaplain coordinator of the Tri-County Ministerial Association. He also worked with Ivie Funeral Home.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Gordon and Debbie Crawford, Commerce; and two daughters and sons-in-law, Patricia and Terry Smith, Jefferson, and Pennie and Derek Jones, Commerce; three sisters, Eva Ingram, Reba Wood, and Mary Bruce, all of Commerce; 14 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 15, at 2 p.m., from the Madison Street Baptist Church with the Revs. David Harbin, Dwayne Owensby, and Dayton Logan officiating with burial in the Grey Hill Cemetery. The body will be placed in the church at 1:30. The family will receive friends in the funeral home Monday, September 14, from 5 to 8 p.m.
Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, is in charge of arrangements.