Mildred Cranford

Services are scheduled at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, December 2, at Terpening Son Mortuary in Artesia, New Mexico, for former longtime Artesia resident, Mildred Francis Rowley Cranford of Carlsbad, New Mexico. Mrs. Cranford, 92, died Thursday, November 27, 2003, at Lakeview Christian Home in Carlsbad. Roby Zumwalt will officiate at the services with burial at Woodbine Cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons and close friends Mrs. Cranford was born June 21, 1911, in Stuart, Oklahoma, the daughter of Lou Eva Marshall Rowley and Harry Garfield Rowley. On June 18, l933 she was married to Leroy Dewey Cranford in Portales, N.M. Mildred and Leroy had lived in Portales, Artesia, Moriarty, Marble Falls, Texas, and Carlsbad. Together they owned and operated the bus station in Artesia for many years. Her husband preceded her in death on January 27, 1999. She was also preceded in death by a son, James Cranford, a sister, Lucile Britain, and by a brother, Marshall Rowley. Mildred was a member of Fox Lake Church of Christ in Carlsbad. Survivors include a daughter Jan Gonzales and husband Margo of Carlsbad; sons Jerry Cranford and wife Kay of San Angelo, Texas, and Jon O. Cranford and wife Sylvia of Granbury, Texas; grandchildren Bud Orney of Tulsa, Okla., Rita Cogburn of Magnolia, Texas, April Omey of Hobbs, N.M., Shelley Cranford of Rio Rancho, N.M., Brad Cranford of Abilene, Texas, Jeff Cranford of La Quinta, Calif., Todd Cranford of Dayton, Ohio, Julie Cranford of Bryan, Texas, and numerous great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Lakeview Christian Home, 1905 W. Pierce, Carlsbad, NM 88220.