Howard Cleveland McCrary Sr., 88, of Tifton, died Friday, July 15, 2011, at Tift Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, at Northside Baptist Church with Dr. Fred Evers officiating. Interment will follow at Oakridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Sunday at Albritton-Beaumont Funeral Directors.
His grandsons will serve as pallbearers, and the Men's Sunday School Class of Northside Baptist Church will serve as honorary pallbearers.
Born Dec. 4, 1922, in Colquitt County to the late Elbert Cleveland McCrary and Ada Leola Thomas McCrary, Mr. McCrary was also preceded in death by his wife, Dena Virginia McFarland McCrary, who died in 2004, and to whom he was married for 58 years; four brothers, B.W. McCrary, Clyde McCrary, Worth McCrary and Jewell B. McCrary; one sister, Verna Lee Bennett; and one great-grandson, Michael David Kirkman.
Mr. McCrary served in the U.S. Navy from 1942-1970, at which time he retired. He trained at Great Lakes Training Center and also attended machinist school there. After training and service school, he was sent to the U.S. Navy Torpedo Testing Range in Montauk, Long Island, for 18 months after which he was assigned to Ship Repair Unit 969. In 1945, he was sent to Guam where he remained until the end of World War II. Later, Mr. McCrary was assigned to a landing ship at Long Beach, Calif., the USS Epping Forest.
Following Mr. McCrary's active duty, he went into the Navy Reserves and later, he began his Civil Service career, working at Robins AFB; Bismarck, N.D.; AFB Missile Command for one year, and the next 17 years at the Defense Industrial Plant Equipment Center in Memphis, Tenn. Mr. McCrary was a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees and the Northside Baptist Church, Tifton.
Mr. McCrary is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Howard C. "Buddy" McCrary Jr., and Debra McCrary of Tifton; his daughters and son-in-law, Dena Cheryl and Doug Kirkman of Macon, and Linda S. McCrary and Nancy A. McCrary, both of Tifton; his brothers and sisters-in-law, Col. Earl C. McCrary of Birmingham, Ala., E. J. and Mary Sue McCrary of Waco, Texas, and Cora Belle McCrary of Tifton; his sisters and brother-in-law, Doris Johnson of Tallahassee, Fla., Ruby J. Summers of Paris, Texas, Mary Lou Lux of Apex, N.C., and Joyce and John R. Hall of Tifton; his grandchildren, Dena Hand, David Kirkman, Jon Linbarger, Christy Day, James McCrary, and Joseph Gill; 10 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, at Northside Baptist Church with Dr. Fred Evers officiating. Interment will follow at Oakridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Sunday at Albritton-Beaumont Funeral Directors.
His grandsons will serve as pallbearers, and the Men's Sunday School Class of Northside Baptist Church will serve as honorary pallbearers.
Born Dec. 4, 1922, in Colquitt County to the late Elbert Cleveland McCrary and Ada Leola Thomas McCrary, Mr. McCrary was also preceded in death by his wife, Dena Virginia McFarland McCrary, who died in 2004, and to whom he was married for 58 years; four brothers, B.W. McCrary, Clyde McCrary, Worth McCrary and Jewell B. McCrary; one sister, Verna Lee Bennett; and one great-grandson, Michael David Kirkman.
Mr. McCrary served in the U.S. Navy from 1942-1970, at which time he retired. He trained at Great Lakes Training Center and also attended machinist school there. After training and service school, he was sent to the U.S. Navy Torpedo Testing Range in Montauk, Long Island, for 18 months after which he was assigned to Ship Repair Unit 969. In 1945, he was sent to Guam where he remained until the end of World War II. Later, Mr. McCrary was assigned to a landing ship at Long Beach, Calif., the USS Epping Forest.
Following Mr. McCrary's active duty, he went into the Navy Reserves and later, he began his Civil Service career, working at Robins AFB; Bismarck, N.D.; AFB Missile Command for one year, and the next 17 years at the Defense Industrial Plant Equipment Center in Memphis, Tenn. Mr. McCrary was a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees and the Northside Baptist Church, Tifton.
Mr. McCrary is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Howard C. "Buddy" McCrary Jr., and Debra McCrary of Tifton; his daughters and son-in-law, Dena Cheryl and Doug Kirkman of Macon, and Linda S. McCrary and Nancy A. McCrary, both of Tifton; his brothers and sisters-in-law, Col. Earl C. McCrary of Birmingham, Ala., E. J. and Mary Sue McCrary of Waco, Texas, and Cora Belle McCrary of Tifton; his sisters and brother-in-law, Doris Johnson of Tallahassee, Fla., Ruby J. Summers of Paris, Texas, Mary Lou Lux of Apex, N.C., and Joyce and John R. Hall of Tifton; his grandchildren, Dena Hand, David Kirkman, Jon Linbarger, Christy Day, James McCrary, and Joseph Gill; 10 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.
Howard Cleveland McCrary Sr., 88, of Tifton, died Friday, July 15, 2011, at Tift Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, at Northside Baptist Church with Dr. Fred Evers officiating. Interment will follow at Oakridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Sunday at Albritton-Beaumont Funeral Directors.
His grandsons will serve as pallbearers, and the Men's Sunday School Class of Northside Baptist Church will serve as honorary pallbearers.
Born Dec. 4, 1922, in Colquitt County to the late Elbert Cleveland McCrary and Ada Leola Thomas McCrary, Mr. McCrary was also preceded in death by his wife, Dena Virginia McFarland McCrary, who died in 2004, and to whom he was married for 58 years; four brothers, B.W. McCrary, Clyde McCrary, Worth McCrary and Jewell B. McCrary; one sister, Verna Lee Bennett; and one great-grandson, Michael David Kirkman.
Mr. McCrary served in the U.S. Navy from 1942-1970, at which time he retired. He trained at Great Lakes Training Center and also attended machinist school there. After training and service school, he was sent to the U.S. Navy Torpedo Testing Range in Montauk, Long Island, for 18 months after which he was assigned to Ship Repair Unit 969. In 1945, he was sent to Guam where he remained until the end of World War II. Later, Mr. McCrary was assigned to a landing ship at Long Beach, Calif., the USS Epping Forest.
Following Mr. McCrary's active duty, he went into the Navy Reserves and later, he began his Civil Service career, working at Robins AFB; Bismarck, N.D.; AFB Missile Command for one year, and the next 17 years at the Defense Industrial Plant Equipment Center in Memphis, Tenn. Mr. McCrary was a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees and the Northside Baptist Church, Tifton.
Mr. McCrary is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Howard C. "Buddy" McCrary Jr., and Debra McCrary of Tifton; his daughters and son-in-law, Dena Cheryl and Doug Kirkman of Macon, and Linda S. McCrary and Nancy A. McCrary, both of Tifton; his brothers and sisters-in-law, Col. Earl C. McCrary of Birmingham, Ala., E. J. and Mary Sue McCrary of Waco, Texas, and Cora Belle McCrary of Tifton; his sisters and brother-in-law, Doris Johnson of Tallahassee, Fla., Ruby J. Summers of Paris, Texas, Mary Lou Lux of Apex, N.C., and Joyce and John R. Hall of Tifton; his grandchildren, Dena Hand, David Kirkman, Jon Linbarger, Christy Day, James McCrary, and Joseph Gill; 10 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, at Northside Baptist Church with Dr. Fred Evers officiating. Interment will follow at Oakridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Sunday at Albritton-Beaumont Funeral Directors.
His grandsons will serve as pallbearers, and the Men's Sunday School Class of Northside Baptist Church will serve as honorary pallbearers.
Born Dec. 4, 1922, in Colquitt County to the late Elbert Cleveland McCrary and Ada Leola Thomas McCrary, Mr. McCrary was also preceded in death by his wife, Dena Virginia McFarland McCrary, who died in 2004, and to whom he was married for 58 years; four brothers, B.W. McCrary, Clyde McCrary, Worth McCrary and Jewell B. McCrary; one sister, Verna Lee Bennett; and one great-grandson, Michael David Kirkman.
Mr. McCrary served in the U.S. Navy from 1942-1970, at which time he retired. He trained at Great Lakes Training Center and also attended machinist school there. After training and service school, he was sent to the U.S. Navy Torpedo Testing Range in Montauk, Long Island, for 18 months after which he was assigned to Ship Repair Unit 969. In 1945, he was sent to Guam where he remained until the end of World War II. Later, Mr. McCrary was assigned to a landing ship at Long Beach, Calif., the USS Epping Forest.
Following Mr. McCrary's active duty, he went into the Navy Reserves and later, he began his Civil Service career, working at Robins AFB; Bismarck, N.D.; AFB Missile Command for one year, and the next 17 years at the Defense Industrial Plant Equipment Center in Memphis, Tenn. Mr. McCrary was a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees and the Northside Baptist Church, Tifton.
Mr. McCrary is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Howard C. "Buddy" McCrary Jr., and Debra McCrary of Tifton; his daughters and son-in-law, Dena Cheryl and Doug Kirkman of Macon, and Linda S. McCrary and Nancy A. McCrary, both of Tifton; his brothers and sisters-in-law, Col. Earl C. McCrary of Birmingham, Ala., E. J. and Mary Sue McCrary of Waco, Texas, and Cora Belle McCrary of Tifton; his sisters and brother-in-law, Doris Johnson of Tallahassee, Fla., Ruby J. Summers of Paris, Texas, Mary Lou Lux of Apex, N.C., and Joyce and John R. Hall of Tifton; his grandchildren, Dena Hand, David Kirkman, Jon Linbarger, Christy Day, James McCrary, and Joseph Gill; 10 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.
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