Our Rowley Family Charts Leroy Dewey Cranford and Mildred Frances Rowley

1 N47. Albuquerque Journal - Online Edition (New Mexico), (newspaper); published on the internet at http://obits.abqjournal.com/obits/search, also http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/ROWLEY/2003-11/1070245489, 1998 (Marshall Rowley's obituary), 2003 (Mildred Cranford's obituary).

2 A020. Social Security Death Index, kept by the US Government, published on the internet and CDROM.

3 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/.

4 N47. Albuquerque Journal - Online Edition (New Mexico), (newspaper); published on the internet at http://obits.abqjournal.com/obits/search, also http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/ROWLEY/2003-11/1070245489.

5 N63. San Angelo Standard-Times (Texas), (newspaper); re-published on the internet by USGenWeb at http://files.usgwarchives.org/tx/tomgreen/obits/1999/012499.txt.

6 N63. San Angelo Standard-Times (Texas), (newspaper); re-published on the internet by USGenWeb at http://files.usgwarchives.org/tx/tomgreen/obits/1999/012499.txt, 1999 Jan. "Leroy Cranford / ARTESIA, N.M. - Leroy D. Cranford, 97, of Carlsbad, N.M, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1999, in a Carlsbad care center. Service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hermosa Drive Church of Christ with burial in Woodbine Cemetery. Arrangements are by Terpening & Son Mortuary. He was born Aug. 9, 1901, in Hunt County, Texas, and had lived in Portales, N.M, before moving to Artesia. He worked with Carper Drilling Co. and Evans Hardware and co-managed the Artesia bus station. He was a member of the Fox & Lake Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife, Mildred F. Cranford of Carlsbad; a sister, Onida Hall of Portales; a daughter, Jan Gonzales of Carlsbad; two sons, Jerry Cranford of San Angelo and Jon G. Cranford of Knoxville, Tenn; eight grandchildren; and numerous great- grandchildren."

7 N47. Albuquerque Journal - Online Edition (New Mexico), (newspaper); published on the internet at http://obits.abqjournal.com/obits/search, also http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/ROWLEY/2003-11/1070245489, 1998 (Marshall Rowley's obituary).

8 N139. New Mexican Newspaper (Santa Fe, NM) (newspaper), as transcribed and published on the internet, for this individual at http://newspaperarchive.com/us/new-mexico/santa-fe/santa-fe-new-mexican/1998/12-10/page-10, 1998.

10 "Ancestry of the Landis, Lawver, Allen, Milam, and Emerson Families", Rootsweb Family Tree (genealogy) by Brenda Landis, compiler, database "emerson-milam" (Aug. 2010); published on the internet by the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project, at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emerson-milam3; see also http://www.myheritage.com/site-6045971/emerson-milam.

11 N47. Albuquerque Journal - Online Edition (New Mexico), (newspaper); published on the internet at http://obits.abqjournal.com/obits/search, also http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/ROWLEY/2003-11/1070245489, 2003 (daughter Mildred Cranford obit).

12 Shea Family Web Site: Kelley Family Genealogy (white paper) By Tracy Shea; available on the internet at http://mysheafamily.com/kelly/kellypafg03.htm (2009).

13 N47. Albuquerque Journal - Online Edition (New Mexico), (newspaper); published on the internet at http://obits.abqjournal.com/obits/search, also http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/ROWLEY/2003-11/1070245489, 2003 Nov 30. "CRANFORD -- Mildred F. Cranford. Services are scheduled at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, December 2, at Terpening & Son Mortuary in Artesia, N.M, for former longtime Artesia resident, Mildred Francis Rowley Cranford of Carlsbad, N.M. Interment will be at Woodbine Cemetery. Mrs. Cranford, 92, died Thursday, November 27, 2003 in Carlsbad. 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 daughter, Jan Gonzales and husband, Margo of Carlsbad; sons, Jerry Cranford and wife, Kay of San Angelo and Jon O. Cranford and wife, Sylvia of Granbury, Texas; eight grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Lakeview Christian Home, 1905 W. Pierce, Carlsbad, NM 88220."

14 A194. Texas Death Records, 1890-1976 (database and scanned death certificates) published online by FamilySearch at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1983324.

15 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/, (on same tombstone as parents).

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