Newspaper Death Notices and Obituaries of Family Members:
Source: The San Angelo Standard-Times (San Angelo, TX)
The San Angelo Standard-Times (San Angelo, TX) published Jan. 1999:
Leroy Dewey Cranford (1901 - 1999)
"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."