Died at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, 1977, at his residence in Baton Rouge. He was 75, a native of Selma, Ala. He was owner and operator of McCrary's Speedometer and Magneto Service.
Body at Hollabaugh-Spindle's Wooddale Memorial Chapel with visiting from 8 a.m. Friday until religious services at 10 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Pen Morgan. Interment in Roseland Cemetery, Gloster, Miss.
Survived by his wife, Mrs. Opel Frost McCrary, Baton Rouge; one daughter, Mrs. Anna Marie Nason, Baton Rouge; one son, Edward McCrary III, Baker; two sisters, Mrs. Frank (Elizabeth) Hatcher, Decatur, Ga., and Mrs. Clint (Kitty Mae) Griffin, Atlanta, Ga.; two brothers, Ridgley McCrary, Wisconsin, and Werdna McCrary, Birmingham, Ala.; several nieces and nephews; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death by his wife, Claudia McCrary; his parents; two brothers.
Pallbearers will be his masonic brothers.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge No. 372 F&AM and Scottish Rite of Free Masonary and was a graduate of the Gulf Coast Military Academy.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the East Baton Rouge Parish Cancer Society on Steele Boulevard.
Published in The Sunday Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), November 4, 1977
Body at Hollabaugh-Spindle's Wooddale Memorial Chapel with visiting from 8 a.m. Friday until religious services at 10 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Pen Morgan. Interment in Roseland Cemetery, Gloster, Miss.
Survived by his wife, Mrs. Opel Frost McCrary, Baton Rouge; one daughter, Mrs. Anna Marie Nason, Baton Rouge; one son, Edward McCrary III, Baker; two sisters, Mrs. Frank (Elizabeth) Hatcher, Decatur, Ga., and Mrs. Clint (Kitty Mae) Griffin, Atlanta, Ga.; two brothers, Ridgley McCrary, Wisconsin, and Werdna McCrary, Birmingham, Ala.; several nieces and nephews; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death by his wife, Claudia McCrary; his parents; two brothers.
Pallbearers will be his masonic brothers.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge No. 372 F&AM and Scottish Rite of Free Masonary and was a graduate of the Gulf Coast Military Academy.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the East Baton Rouge Parish Cancer Society on Steele Boulevard.
Published in The Sunday Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), November 4, 1977
Died at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, 1977, at his residence in Baton Rouge. He was 75, a native of Selma, Ala. He was owner and operator of McCrary's Speedometer and Magneto Service.
Body at Hollabaugh-Spindle's Wooddale Memorial Chapel with visiting from 8 a.m. Friday until religious services at 10 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Pen Morgan. Interment in Roseland Cemetery, Gloster, Miss.
Survived by his wife, Mrs. Opel Frost McCrary, Baton Rouge; one daughter, Mrs. Anna Marie Nason, Baton Rouge; one son, Edward McCrary III, Baker; two sisters, Mrs. Frank (Elizabeth) Hatcher, Decatur, Ga., and Mrs. Clint (Kitty Mae) Griffin, Atlanta, Ga.; two brothers, Ridgley McCrary, Wisconsin, and Werdna McCrary, Birmingham, Ala.; several nieces and nephews; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death by his wife, Claudia McCrary; his parents; two brothers.
Pallbearers will be his masonic brothers.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge No. 372 F&AM and Scottish Rite of Free Masonary and was a graduate of the Gulf Coast Military Academy.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the East Baton Rouge Parish Cancer Society on Steele Boulevard.
Published in The Sunday Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), November 4, 1977
Body at Hollabaugh-Spindle's Wooddale Memorial Chapel with visiting from 8 a.m. Friday until religious services at 10 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Pen Morgan. Interment in Roseland Cemetery, Gloster, Miss.
Survived by his wife, Mrs. Opel Frost McCrary, Baton Rouge; one daughter, Mrs. Anna Marie Nason, Baton Rouge; one son, Edward McCrary III, Baker; two sisters, Mrs. Frank (Elizabeth) Hatcher, Decatur, Ga., and Mrs. Clint (Kitty Mae) Griffin, Atlanta, Ga.; two brothers, Ridgley McCrary, Wisconsin, and Werdna McCrary, Birmingham, Ala.; several nieces and nephews; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death by his wife, Claudia McCrary; his parents; two brothers.
Pallbearers will be his masonic brothers.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge No. 372 F&AM and Scottish Rite of Free Masonary and was a graduate of the Gulf Coast Military Academy.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the East Baton Rouge Parish Cancer Society on Steele Boulevard.
Published in The Sunday Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), November 4, 1977
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