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Dr Ronald Lester Crawford

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Dr Ronald Lester Crawford Veteran

Birth
Reynoldsville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
12 Jun 2019 (aged 101)
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Anderson, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.493119, Longitude: -82.6379186
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Dr. Ronald Lester Crawford, born September 15, 1917, in Reynoldville, PA, to Samuel Milton Crawford and Alice Irene Snyder Crawford, passed away on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at 101 years of age.
Dr. Crawford served in World War II in Italy and the Korean War. He owned Chapin Pharmacy in Chapin, SC and was a proud supporter of Chapin High School. Dr. Crawford was a member of the SC Pharmaceutical Association, Chapin Ruritan Club, Chapin American Legion Post 193 and the Chapin Hardee's "Country Club". He was a friend to and well respected by the whole community of Chapin, where he formerly lived, and he employed many young ladies in Chapin, that he considered family.
He is survived by many nieces and nephews in his family, as well as his wife's family. He was predeceased by his wife, Elizabeth "Libby" Altman Crawford, and passed away on what would have been their 65th wedding anniversary. He lived his last three years at Harbison Hall.
Funeral service: 3:00 p.m., Sunday, June 16, 2019, at Chapin United Methodist Church.
Interment: 12:00 p.m. on Monday, June 17, 2019, in Old Silver Brook Cemetery, Anderson, SC. Memorials may be made to the Boys Farm Inc., 6655 SC34, Newberry, SC 29108.
Dr. Ronald Lester Crawford, born September 15, 1917, in Reynoldville, PA, to Samuel Milton Crawford and Alice Irene Snyder Crawford, passed away on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at 101 years of age.
Dr. Crawford served in World War II in Italy and the Korean War. He owned Chapin Pharmacy in Chapin, SC and was a proud supporter of Chapin High School. Dr. Crawford was a member of the SC Pharmaceutical Association, Chapin Ruritan Club, Chapin American Legion Post 193 and the Chapin Hardee's "Country Club". He was a friend to and well respected by the whole community of Chapin, where he formerly lived, and he employed many young ladies in Chapin, that he considered family.
He is survived by many nieces and nephews in his family, as well as his wife's family. He was predeceased by his wife, Elizabeth "Libby" Altman Crawford, and passed away on what would have been their 65th wedding anniversary. He lived his last three years at Harbison Hall.
Funeral service: 3:00 p.m., Sunday, June 16, 2019, at Chapin United Methodist Church.
Interment: 12:00 p.m. on Monday, June 17, 2019, in Old Silver Brook Cemetery, Anderson, SC. Memorials may be made to the Boys Farm Inc., 6655 SC34, Newberry, SC 29108.


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