Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri
Parents: Charles Wesley Crawford and Opal Hill Crawford
Place of Death: Eden Estates Senior Community, Bedford, Texas
Age: 89
Service: Saturday, October 31 at 1:00 p.m.
Location: Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, Waco, Texas
Burial: Oakwood Cemetery with full military honors
Education: graduate of Charleston High School; John Brown University for three years
Occupation: pilot, Commander/Director
Military career: joined the United States Army Air Corps (later to become the United States Air Force; earned his private Pilots Airman Certificate on September 19, 1940 while in college; work with Intelligence and Security Division - Department of the Air Force, Washington, D.C.; flew over 30 different military configurations during his career in the USAF including fighters, strategic bombers and airlift aircraft. He and John Doolittle, son of Jimmy Doolittle, were included in the first group of pilots for the first swept-wing multi-engine jet bomber, the B47 Stratojet, which quickly became the foundation of the Air Force's newly formed "Strategic Air Command"; also served during the Korean War
Married: Billie Bob McBay
Date married: May 18th, 1943
Awards: many commendations and honors including the World War II Victory Medal, the Army Commendation Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal and the Army of Occupation Medal
Preceded in death by: his life love, Billie Bob; his parents; and two brothers
Survived by: his daughter, Frances Brent; his grandson, Robert Blair Wolverton; and his great-granddaughter, Zoë; his son, Tom Hill Crawford Jr. and his wife, Judy; and his grandson, Tom Hill Crawford III (Trey)
Waco Tribune: 10/31/2009...Y4
Parents: Charles Wesley Crawford and Opal Hill Crawford
Place of Death: Eden Estates Senior Community, Bedford, Texas
Age: 89
Service: Saturday, October 31 at 1:00 p.m.
Location: Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, Waco, Texas
Burial: Oakwood Cemetery with full military honors
Education: graduate of Charleston High School; John Brown University for three years
Occupation: pilot, Commander/Director
Military career: joined the United States Army Air Corps (later to become the United States Air Force; earned his private Pilots Airman Certificate on September 19, 1940 while in college; work with Intelligence and Security Division - Department of the Air Force, Washington, D.C.; flew over 30 different military configurations during his career in the USAF including fighters, strategic bombers and airlift aircraft. He and John Doolittle, son of Jimmy Doolittle, were included in the first group of pilots for the first swept-wing multi-engine jet bomber, the B47 Stratojet, which quickly became the foundation of the Air Force's newly formed "Strategic Air Command"; also served during the Korean War
Married: Billie Bob McBay
Date married: May 18th, 1943
Awards: many commendations and honors including the World War II Victory Medal, the Army Commendation Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal and the Army of Occupation Medal
Preceded in death by: his life love, Billie Bob; his parents; and two brothers
Survived by: his daughter, Frances Brent; his grandson, Robert Blair Wolverton; and his great-granddaughter, Zoë; his son, Tom Hill Crawford Jr. and his wife, Judy; and his grandson, Tom Hill Crawford III (Trey)
Waco Tribune: 10/31/2009...Y4
Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri
Parents: Charles Wesley Crawford and Opal Hill Crawford
Place of Death: Eden Estates Senior Community, Bedford, Texas
Age: 89
Service: Saturday, October 31 at 1:00 p.m.
Location: Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, Waco, Texas
Burial: Oakwood Cemetery with full military honors
Education: graduate of Charleston High School; John Brown University for three years
Occupation: pilot, Commander/Director
Military career: joined the United States Army Air Corps (later to become the United States Air Force; earned his private Pilots Airman Certificate on September 19, 1940 while in college; work with Intelligence and Security Division - Department of the Air Force, Washington, D.C.; flew over 30 different military configurations during his career in the USAF including fighters, strategic bombers and airlift aircraft. He and John Doolittle, son of Jimmy Doolittle, were included in the first group of pilots for the first swept-wing multi-engine jet bomber, the B47 Stratojet, which quickly became the foundation of the Air Force's newly formed "Strategic Air Command"; also served during the Korean War
Married: Billie Bob McBay
Date married: May 18th, 1943
Awards: many commendations and honors including the World War II Victory Medal, the Army Commendation Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal and the Army of Occupation Medal
Preceded in death by: his life love, Billie Bob; his parents; and two brothers
Survived by: his daughter, Frances Brent; his grandson, Robert Blair Wolverton; and his great-granddaughter, Zoë; his son, Tom Hill Crawford Jr. and his wife, Judy; and his grandson, Tom Hill Crawford III (Trey)
Waco Tribune: 10/31/2009...Y4
Parents: Charles Wesley Crawford and Opal Hill Crawford
Place of Death: Eden Estates Senior Community, Bedford, Texas
Age: 89
Service: Saturday, October 31 at 1:00 p.m.
Location: Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, Waco, Texas
Burial: Oakwood Cemetery with full military honors
Education: graduate of Charleston High School; John Brown University for three years
Occupation: pilot, Commander/Director
Military career: joined the United States Army Air Corps (later to become the United States Air Force; earned his private Pilots Airman Certificate on September 19, 1940 while in college; work with Intelligence and Security Division - Department of the Air Force, Washington, D.C.; flew over 30 different military configurations during his career in the USAF including fighters, strategic bombers and airlift aircraft. He and John Doolittle, son of Jimmy Doolittle, were included in the first group of pilots for the first swept-wing multi-engine jet bomber, the B47 Stratojet, which quickly became the foundation of the Air Force's newly formed "Strategic Air Command"; also served during the Korean War
Married: Billie Bob McBay
Date married: May 18th, 1943
Awards: many commendations and honors including the World War II Victory Medal, the Army Commendation Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal and the Army of Occupation Medal
Preceded in death by: his life love, Billie Bob; his parents; and two brothers
Survived by: his daughter, Frances Brent; his grandson, Robert Blair Wolverton; and his great-granddaughter, Zoë; his son, Tom Hill Crawford Jr. and his wife, Judy; and his grandson, Tom Hill Crawford III (Trey)
Waco Tribune: 10/31/2009...Y4
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